[G4] DSL Speed

[James Asherman]

On Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 08:40  PM, Richard Kriss wrote:

> I found Sandor's comment interesting.  How do you know the speed of 
> your DSL
> connection?
>
> I am new to SBC DSL sbcglobal.net and they said nothing about the 
> speed of
> the DSL; however, I  have heard comments from relatives in other 
> cities that
> SBC has several levels of pricing depending on the desired speed. This
> sounds like a giant rip off.  Can they really put a governor on the 
> DSL?
YES they can and do.
>
> The DSL may not be as fast as cable but for half the price it is a good
> deal.  I don't need more speed. Just trying to understand what I have.
>
>> disagree, i have a 1.5 Mbps DSL connection, and only pay $25 a month
>> for it from Verizon. much better than the raping of $55 a month 
>> Comcast
>> wants for a 2 Mbps cable connection....
>>
>> sandor
>
> It was also interesting to read several of the comments that the 
> download
> speed depends on the servers.   I just did a Safari download from 
> Apple and
> was getting about 160 KB per sec and did another at 210 KB per sec.  My
> first posting at 87.7 KB per sec was from a non Apple site.
>
> Dick
>