Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-27 Thread Mike M
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 04:16:02PM +0100, Christian Schnobrich wrote: > On Fre, 2004-02-27 at 02:31, Mike M wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 06:06:48PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > > > > > > - Download speed: 201.000 KBits/sec ( 4 times faster than a 56k modem ) > > > - Upload speed: 227.000

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-27 Thread Christian Schnobrich
On Fre, 2004-02-27 at 02:31, Mike M wrote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 06:06:48PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > > > > - Download speed: 201.000 KBits/sec ( 4 times faster than a 56k modem ) > > - Upload speed: 227.000 KBits/sec ( 7 times faster than a 56k modem ) > > 7x ? Yup. Dont forget that

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-27 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 11:34:24PM -0500, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:31:32 -0500 > Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On a final note, my DSL service sucked. Broadband on cable is _much_ > > better. YMMV. > > Yeah, MMDV. It's all the providers, and what they provide.

DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-26 Thread Jeff Elkins
I'm steamed... I've been running Sprint's DSL for over three years, for the most part w/o trouble. I use a debian server with NAT and iptable firewall to connect. Typical downstream speeds averaged 130 - 150 KB/s. About three weeks ago I noticed when performing apt-get updates and installs, th

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-26 Thread Ken Irving
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 04:09:36PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > ... > About three weeks ago I noticed when performing apt-get updates and installs, > that my download speeds dropped to 30 KB/s and below. I blew it off as a > temporary network issue but the problem is not going away. > ... Maybe h

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-26 Thread Jeff Elkins
On Thursday 26 February 2004 4:21 pm, Ken Irving wrote: >On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 04:09:36PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: >> ... >> About three weeks ago I noticed when performing apt-get updates and >> installs, that my download speeds dropped to 30 KB/s and below. I blew it >> off as a temporary netw

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-26 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 06:06:48PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > > - Download speed: 201.000 KBits/sec ( 4 times faster than a 56k modem ) > - Upload speed: 227.000 KBits/sec ( 7 times faster than a 56k modem ) 7x ? > > I now have to fight my way through crap tech support. I've deal with to

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-26 Thread Chris Metzler
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:31:32 -0500 Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On a final note, my DSL service sucked. Broadband on cable is _much_ > better. YMMV. Yeah, MMDV. It's all the providers, and what they provide. Here, I my DSL, and you couldn't pay me to switch to cable. But OTOH, I hav

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-26 Thread Nano Nano
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 11:34:24PM -0500, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:31:32 -0500 > Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On a final note, my DSL service sucked. Broadband on cable is _much_ > > better. YMMV. > > Yeah, MMDV. It's all the providers, and what they provide.