Re: [PLUG] DSL "guaranteed" speed

[Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 10:00, Jon Galt wrote:
> Hello all,
>   I've been wondering about this since friday, when everything I did on
> the internet seemed slow.  The most noticeable thing was when I telnet to
> a Solaris machine in Virginia.  (Yes I know, use ssh - but the company
> that owns the machine doesn't support it, and I just don't consider it
> secure, but everybody in the world knows this email address for me.)
>   Anyway, it didn't seem to be just that one computer, because I tried
> accessing other things, although I don't remember specifics now.
>   I have seen people refer to DSL as having guaranteed bandwidth, as
> compared to cable, which is essentially a neighborhood ethernet.  So the
> question is, do I really have guaranteed bandwidth? Perhaps it was only
> that lots of people use the internet on friday afternoons/evenings?

Yes, you are guaranteed the bandwidth. You are NOT guaranteed bad
routing issues beyond your's ISP's doors, nor for slow servers at the
other end of the connection, etc.

FWIW, I have Verizon DSL from DCA, and I got pretty consistent 62K
transfer speeds last night. Dunno if any were in Virginia, or not. I
know that getting Ximian updates via their Red Carpet service was giving
me 8K transfer speeds, tho. A clear sign of their server overloading.
> 
> Wayne
> 
> 
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