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26-Nov-2001, 05:26 PM #1
Question Dsl
Well hello ,i'm running sympatico and was wondering if anyone has any tricks to help me get a faster speed thanx.
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26-Nov-2001, 11:21 PM #2
bradofcanada,

Hey I can see ya now.

Ok you can go here to http://www.dslreports.com

http://www.dslreports.com/tools
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27-Nov-2001, 11:43 AM #3
Unhappy Thanx hewee
I do know of this site here is some of what i got. http://www.dslreports.com/quality/nil/589389
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27-Nov-2001, 11:46 AM #4
ouch... if you have carriers in your area I would look into DSL. It is fairly cheep these days and not a whole lot more than dailup... but you get tremendous increase in speed...
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27-Nov-2001, 11:49 AM #5
Here is another test.
Forgot this one.http://monitor.dslreports.com/tweak/...8&via=enternet
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ouch... if you have carriers in your area I would look into DSL. It is fairly cheep these days and not a whole lot more than dailup... but you get tremendous increase in speed...


That is dsl
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27-Nov-2001, 11:55 AM #7
Oh... I didn't really read it closely... what speed do you have?
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27-Nov-2001, 12:02 PM #8
Unhappy Im in trouble.
This is the speed i got out of test.

236/3 kbps
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27-Nov-2001, 12:06 PM #9
humm... and that seems slow? Well I guess it is compared to what they are getting in Sacramento... 56Mbps coming inside just 2 years...
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27-Nov-2001, 12:14 PM #10
Unhappy hmmmm
Why is 3kbps upload fast?
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27-Nov-2001, 03:11 PM #11
You know I completely overlooked that part... is that you carrier's upload speed... or just what you upload with? You might be able to tweek it abit if your carrier gives you a better speed... otherwise you might want to look into switching to a carrier with a faster upload...
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28-Nov-2001, 05:02 AM #13
Talking Heya hewee
That was some list yah gave me,but the best one was

http://cable-dsl.home.att.net it has everything a person needs to know.
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Great to hear and let us know how things work out.
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