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On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:27:13 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

This really isn't a comment. Just testing a new, DSL Internet service
from
the music shop.

Eisboch
It worked.
--
John H

Not only does it work, but I am really surprised and impressed. It's
only been up and running for an hour or so, but it is amazingly fast for
DSL. I thought DSL was slower than cable, but it's not the case here.
This DSL is much faster than the Comcast cable we have in the house.

It could be that although the DSL is on a wireless router, I only have
one computer on it versus 2 or 3 on the wireless Comcast router in the
house. But the difference is very, very noticeable. Hope it stays this
way.

Eisboch

When you speed test the new DSL, what results in kbps do you get?

Try a couple of servers at http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

at different times during the day at your house and office.

Typically, we get about 25,000 kbps down and 11,000 up. Sometimes
substantially faster down, sometimes a little bit slower down. That's with
the NY server. The DC server gives much faster results.

Best not to try this at high traffic hours...do it either very early in
the am or very late at night.

Are your results DSL or cable? If DSL, which provider? Just curious?




Cable. Had DSL when I had an office over in Virginia. It was ok until a
water main burst a few blocks away and "destroyed" some telco cables.
Took a week to get phones back, and got an "estimated time unknown" for
restoration of DSL from the local central office. After two and a half
weeks, I added cable internet to the cable service, and never went back
to DSL.

In those days, where my office was, the telco only provided the lines to
third party DSL companies. It was not offering DSL in my area. That
changed. I suspect had the telco been the DSL supplier, the "wet lines"
would have been repaired a lot faster.

I get at least one mailing a month from the local telco offering me very
slow DSL for about $20 a month at the same time it is offering much
faster (and much more expensive) FIOS in the more heavily populated
areas of the state. But even if FIOS were available here, I have no real
incentive to switch.




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Eisboch wrote:
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On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:27:13 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

This really isn't a comment. Just testing a new, DSL Internet
service from
the music shop.

Eisboch
It worked.
--
John H

Not only does it work, but I am really surprised and impressed. It's
only been up and running for an hour or so, but it is amazingly fast
for DSL. I thought DSL was slower than cable, but it's not the case
here. This DSL is much faster than the Comcast cable we have in the
house.

It could be that although the DSL is on a wireless router, I only have
one computer on it versus 2 or 3 on the wireless Comcast router in the
house. But the difference is very, very noticeable. Hope it stays this
way.

Eisboch

When you speed test the new DSL, what results in kbps do you get?

Try a couple of servers at http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

at different times during the day at your house and office.

Typically, we get about 25,000 kbps down and 11,000 up. Sometimes
substantially faster down, sometimes a little bit slower down. That's
with the NY server. The DC server gives much faster results.

Best not to try this at high traffic hours...do it either very early in
the am or very late at night.

Are your results DSL or cable? If DSL, which provider? Just curious?


Cable. Had DSL when I had an office over in Virginia. It was ok until a
water main burst a few blocks away and "destroyed" some telco cables. Took
a week to get phones back, and got an "estimated time unknown" for
restoration of DSL from the local central office. After two and a half
weeks, I added cable internet to the cable service, and never went back to
DSL.

In those days, where my office was, the telco only provided the lines to
third party DSL companies. It was not offering DSL in my area. That
changed. I suspect had the telco been the DSL supplier, the "wet lines"
would have been repaired a lot faster.

I get at least one mailing a month from the local telco offering me very
slow DSL for about $20 a month at the same time it is offering much faster
(and much more expensive) FIOS in the more heavily populated areas of the
state. But even if FIOS were available here, I have no real incentive to
switch.




We had DSL in Florida because the area we were in was not serviced by cable.
I remember learning that DSL speed varies greatly by how far you are from a
substation or whatever and how many subscribers they had on that substation.
I recall the Florida DSL as being adequate for most of what we used it for
but slower than the cable we had at the time here in MA. (this was before
going wireless with routers, etc., so I don't know what effect they have on
speed).

However, so far the DLS service that started today here in the little music
shop blows Comcast cable away. I am really surprised, because I never
thought Comcast was particularly slow before.

Eisboch

On Jun 11, 3:31*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
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On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:27:13 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

This really isn't a comment. * Just testing a new, DSL Internet
service from
the music shop.

Eisboch
It worked.
--
John H

Not only does it work, but I am really surprised and impressed. * It's
only been up and running for an hour or so, but it is amazingly fast
for DSL. * I thought DSL was slower than cable, but it's not the case
here. This DSL is much faster than the Comcast cable we have in the
house.

It could be that although the DSL is on a wireless router, I only have
one computer on it versus 2 or 3 on the wireless Comcast router in the
house. But the difference is very, very noticeable. *Hope it stays this
way.

Eisboch

When you speed test the new DSL, what results in kbps do you get?

Try a couple of servers at * *http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

at different times during the day at your house and office.

Typically, we get about 25,000 kbps down and 11,000 up. Sometimes
substantially faster down, sometimes a little bit slower down. That's
with the NY server. The DC server gives much faster results.

Best not to try this at high traffic hours...do it either very early in
the am or very late at night.

Are your results DSL or cable? *If DSL, which provider? *Just curious?

Cable. Had DSL when I had an office over in Virginia. It was ok until a
water main burst a few blocks away and "destroyed" some telco cables. Took
a week to get phones back, and got an "estimated time unknown" for
restoration of DSL from the local central office. After two and a half
weeks, I added cable internet to the cable service, and never went back to
DSL.

In those days, where my office was, the telco only provided the lines to
third party DSL companies. It was not offering DSL in my area. *That
changed. I suspect had the telco been the DSL supplier, the "wet lines"
would have been repaired a lot faster.

I get at least one mailing a month from the local telco offering me very
slow DSL for about $20 a month at the same time it is offering much faster
(and much more expensive) FIOS in the more heavily populated areas of the
state. But even if FIOS were available here, I have no real incentive to
switch.

We had DSL in Florida because the area we were in was not serviced by cable.
I remember learning that DSL speed varies greatly by how far you are from a
substation or whatever and how many subscribers they had on that substation.
I recall the Florida DSL as being adequate for most of what we used it for
but slower than the cable we had at the time here in MA. *(this was before
going wireless with routers, etc., so I don't know what effect they have on
speed).

However, so far the DLS service that started today here in the little music
shop blows Comcast cable away. * I am really surprised, because I never
thought Comcast was particularly slow before.

Eisboch- Hide quoted text -

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Cable slows down as traffic on the line increases. My Comcast bit
rates go down quite a bit when everyone gets home from work and turns
on the T.V.'s and internet connections.

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D.Duck wrote:
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Eisboch wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:27:13 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

This really isn't a comment. Just testing a new, DSL Internet
service from
the music shop.

Eisboch
It worked.
--
John H

Not only does it work, but I am really surprised and impressed. It's
only been up and running for an hour or so, but it is amazingly fast
for DSL. I thought DSL was slower than cable, but it's not the case
here. This DSL is much faster than the Comcast cable we have in the
house.

It could be that although the DSL is on a wireless router, I only have
one computer on it versus 2 or 3 on the wireless Comcast router in the
house. But the difference is very, very noticeable. Hope it stays
this way.

Eisboch

When you speed test the new DSL, what results in kbps do you get?

Try a couple of servers at http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

at different times during the day at your house and office.

Typically, we get about 25,000 kbps down and 11,000 up. Sometimes
substantially faster down, sometimes a little bit slower down. That's
with the NY server. The DC server gives much faster results.

Best not to try this at high traffic hours...do it either very early in
the am or very late at night.

Are your results DSL or cable? If DSL, which provider? Just curious?


Cable. Had DSL when I had an office over in Virginia. It was ok until a
water main burst a few blocks away and "destroyed" some telco cables.
Took a week to get phones back, and got an "estimated time unknown" for
restoration of DSL from the local central office. After two and a half
weeks, I added cable internet to the cable service, and never went back
to DSL.

In those days, where my office was, the telco only provided the lines to
third party DSL companies. It was not offering DSL in my area. That
changed. I suspect had the telco been the DSL supplier, the "wet lines"
would have been repaired a lot faster.

I get at least one mailing a month from the local telco offering me very
slow DSL for about $20 a month at the same time it is offering much
faster (and much more expensive) FIOS in the more heavily populated areas
of the state. But even if FIOS were available here, I have no real
incentive to switch.




We had DSL in Florida because the area we were in was not serviced by
cable.
I remember learning that DSL speed varies greatly by how far you are from
a substation or whatever and how many subscribers they had on that
substation. I recall the Florida DSL as being adequate for most of what we
used it for but slower than the cable we had at the time here in MA.
(this was before going wireless with routers, etc., so I don't know what
effect they have on speed).

However, so far the DLS service that started today here in the little
music shop blows Comcast cable away. I am really surprised, because I
never thought Comcast was particularly slow before.

Eisboch


5Mb DSL is readily available down here in Florida now, even in the sticks.
Lot's of improvements over the years. I opted to get 3Mb ($40/month) for my
home which is quite fast enough, At least for an old retired guy.

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Eisboch wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:27:13 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

This really isn't a comment. Just testing a new, DSL Internet
service from
the music shop.

Eisboch
It worked.
--
John H
Not only does it work, but I am really surprised and impressed. It's
only been up and running for an hour or so, but it is amazingly fast
for DSL. I thought DSL was slower than cable, but it's not the case
here. This DSL is much faster than the Comcast cable we have in the
house.

It could be that although the DSL is on a wireless router, I only have
one computer on it versus 2 or 3 on the wireless Comcast router in the
house. But the difference is very, very noticeable. Hope it stays
this way.

Eisboch
When you speed test the new DSL, what results in kbps do you get?

Try a couple of servers at http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

at different times during the day at your house and office.

Typically, we get about 25,000 kbps down and 11,000 up. Sometimes
substantially faster down, sometimes a little bit slower down. That's
with the NY server. The DC server gives much faster results.

Best not to try this at high traffic hours...do it either very early in
the am or very late at night.
Are your results DSL or cable? If DSL, which provider? Just curious?

Cable. Had DSL when I had an office over in Virginia. It was ok until a
water main burst a few blocks away and "destroyed" some telco cables.
Took a week to get phones back, and got an "estimated time unknown" for
restoration of DSL from the local central office. After two and a half
weeks, I added cable internet to the cable service, and never went back
to DSL.

In those days, where my office was, the telco only provided the lines to
third party DSL companies. It was not offering DSL in my area. That
changed. I suspect had the telco been the DSL supplier, the "wet lines"
would have been repaired a lot faster.

I get at least one mailing a month from the local telco offering me very
slow DSL for about $20 a month at the same time it is offering much
faster (and much more expensive) FIOS in the more heavily populated areas
of the state. But even if FIOS were available here, I have no real
incentive to switch.



We had DSL in Florida because the area we were in was not serviced by
cable.
I remember learning that DSL speed varies greatly by how far you are from
a substation or whatever and how many subscribers they had on that
substation. I recall the Florida DSL as being adequate for most of what we
used it for but slower than the cable we had at the time here in MA.
(this was before going wireless with routers, etc., so I don't know what
effect they have on speed).

However, so far the DLS service that started today here in the little
music shop blows Comcast cable away. I am really surprised, because I
never thought Comcast was particularly slow before.

Eisboch


5Mb DSL is readily available down here in Florida now, even in the sticks.
Lot's of improvements over the years. I opted to get 3Mb ($40/month) for my
home which is quite fast enough, At least for an old retired guy.


Mine's even slower My 1.5 MB line tested at 1.475 DL and .488 UL. I
don't notice any slowness except when we watch Netflix movies on Roku
through the router.

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5Mb DSL is readily available down here in Florida now, even in the sticks.
Lot's of improvements over the years. I opted to get 3Mb ($40/month) for
my home which is quite fast enough, At least for an old retired guy.


I just went through all the paper work with Verizon. Mrs.E. handled all
this, so I didn't know what she ordered. Turns out they offer 3Mb and
7.1Mb for the DSL services. Not sure what I ended up with.
If 7.1Mb was more expensive than 3Mb, I have 3Mb, knowing her.

Eisboch

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5Mb DSL is readily available down here in Florida now, even in the
sticks. Lot's of improvements over the years. I opted to get 3Mb
($40/month) for my home which is quite fast enough, At least for an old
retired guy.


I just went through all the paper work with Verizon. Mrs.E. handled all
this, so I didn't know what she ordered. Turns out they offer 3Mb and
7.1Mb for the DSL services. Not sure what I ended up with.
If 7.1Mb was more expensive than 3Mb, I have 3Mb, knowing her.

Eisboch

Google DSL speed tests and you will find several places where you can test
it. More for curiosity than anything else.

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"According to Long Range Expert Joe *******i, areas from the northern
Plains into the Northeast will have a "year without a summer." The jet
stream, which is suppressed abnormally south this spring, is also
suppressing the number of thunderstorms that can form."

Kind of reminds me of what happened back in the mid-70's - I want to
say '75/'76 - The Summer That Never Came.

Had to turn up the heat in my office this morning.


I'm painting the house now. the front is all scraped, washed twice,
lightly sanded, primed and got about *205* painted before the rains
started.
I'm not looking forward to the two sides with their 28 foot gable ends.


that should read *20% *

Don White wrote:
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"Zombie of Woodstock" wrote in message
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"According to Long Range Expert Joe *******i, areas from the northern
Plains into the Northeast will have a "year without a summer." The jet
stream, which is suppressed abnormally south this spring, is also
suppressing the number of thunderstorms that can form."

Kind of reminds me of what happened back in the mid-70's - I want to
say '75/'76 - The Summer That Never Came.

Had to turn up the heat in my office this morning.

I'm painting the house now. the front is all scraped, washed twice,
lightly sanded, primed and got about *205* painted before the rains
started.
I'm not looking forward to the two sides with their 28 foot gable ends.


that should read *20% *


It should have but it didn't. Use the shift key when appropriate, dummy.

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:49:50 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"Don White" wrote in message
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"Zombie of Woodstock" wrote in message
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"According to Long Range Expert Joe *******i, areas from the northern
Plains into the Northeast will have a "year without a summer." The jet
stream, which is suppressed abnormally south this spring, is also
suppressing the number of thunderstorms that can form."

Kind of reminds me of what happened back in the mid-70's - I want to
say '75/'76 - The Summer That Never Came.

Had to turn up the heat in my office this morning.


I'm painting the house now. the front is all scraped, washed twice,
lightly sanded, primed and got about *205* painted before the rains
started.
I'm not looking forward to the two sides with their 28 foot gable ends.


that should read *20% *


Sounds like a good job for the kid. Have him earn some of his beer.
--
John H

"BEND OVER - The 'change' is coming!"