From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 12 19:41:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-2.enteract.com (smtp-2.enteract.com [207.229.143.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B228E37B40B for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 19:41:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jtm63@enteract.com) Received: from jamestown.21stcentury.net (24-148-62-220.na.21stcentury.net [24.148.62.220]) by smtp-2.enteract.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9AE5783F; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:41:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from jtm@localhost) by jamestown.21stcentury.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f7D2dQO14307; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:39:26 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jtm63@enteract.com) X-Authentication-Warning: jamestown.21stcentury.net: jtm set sender to jtm63@enteract.com using -f To: Chad Hanamaikai Cc: David Johnson , Ted Mittelstaedt , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network throughput References: <000501c117ed$e75ffc80$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> <01072822531000.31045@weathertop.home> <007d01c11885$912dcf20$0401a8c0@chad.org> From: James McNaughton Date: 12 Aug 2001 21:39:25 -0500 In-Reply-To: <007d01c11885$912dcf20$0401a8c0@chad.org> Message-ID: <867kw8ptsy.fsf@localhost.21stcentury.net> Lines: 23 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Chad Hanamaikai writes: > When I first got my DSL from pacbell for about 3 weeks I was able to send > well over 50k/s but then after that 3 weeks i hardly can send over 15k/s > and its been like that for a year? My house is about 40 years old and i live > about a 2 minute walk down the hill to the pacbell building. there anyway i > can check if its lines between me and them or what? > Check your service agreement and see what kind of throughput you were promised to get for your fees. You may be able to demand that pacbell requalify the line. It's not impossible that after the initial installation damage occurred to the pair that serves your DSL either from rodents, technicians, or weather. If the deficiency is in your customer owned wiring the cost for repairs is usually up to you. As has been noted, cheap CAT-5 is everywhere these days and this cable -- even if not perfectly terminated -- should be able to carry dsl for short distances through your house. Even waxed string works (for VERY short distances). Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message