On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:57:36 +0000, Mark Rand
wrote:

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:30:24 -0600, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote:

DSL has a limited length in feet or meters.
Not miles. The twisted pair goes to a server bay then to optic.
Many cities are optic in the front yard or at the corner.

ADSL is taking over for normal DSL. Advanced... :-)


Asymmetric!!!!

Agreed! Asymmetric - as in 750K down, but only 256K up.

They DO sell Symmetric DSL service, usually the "Business Class" stuff
that is over $100 a month. 3Meg down and up, to the skies the limit -
but after a while it's cheaper to just get a real DS-1 (T-1) line and
get the service availability guarantees that come with it.

Except all I can get at 21KFT out from the CO is 384K down, 128K up,
and at&t won't let anyone else use their UVerse Remote DSLAM's.

But it's still a lot better than dial-up. 44K wouldn't be so bad if
it wasn't for all the graphics they want to shove down the line.

-- Bruce --