Re: [cobalt-users] ADSL Speed...

[steve@xxxxxxx (Steve Davis)]

Comment:

I have not had good luck with my adsl speeds. After three years with a 512kits
cable modem i tried an adsl connection. At first I received 750kbits download
speed and 256Kbits upload.  After two weeks I was eking out 12Kbits down and
2kbits up.  Needless to say, the price was not worth the effort. The service
was through BellSouth and they promised better performance once this and that
was done.  After talking to my adsl installer he confessed they were
provisioning 230 adsl customers per 1.5Mbits of backside bandwidth. This is
where I went back to the cable modem.

Point of this tiresome and long story, unless the dsl connection is
specifically designed to _serve_ don't risk the connection on your customers.
Most dsl providers will not provision any suitable upload bandwidth unless you
are paying for it.

-- Hope this helps, Steve