Ah, connection woes...

[SquirrelMan]

I'm using a 2wire Homeportal 1000SW and SBC Yahoo! DSL, and in my internet monitor it says I have a downstream speed of 128kbps. However, when I download something, the data transfer rate is only around 50 kbps! What's wrong with it, or is this just normal?

EDIT: it is now arond 36 kbps

[SquirrelMan]

I'm using a 2wire Homeportal 1000SW and SBC Yahoo! DSL, and in my internet monitor it says I have a downstream speed of 128kbps. However, when I download something, the data transfer rate is only around 50 kbps! What's wrong with it, or is this just normal?

EDIT: it is now arond 36 kbps


actually, it varies based on site, but it never goes above 60kbps. What should I do to speed it up?

[Rbstr]

you may have a bad modem

[SquirrelMan]

hmm, maybe. It keeps telling me to put a filter on my phone lines, like a DSL filter to filter out stray data, it says. I have one on all my phone lines except my alarm line. Is that what is bringing down my speed?

[Rbstr]

i don't know, try it

[NoSurrender]

ah i have yahoo sbc and its crap. they lie and cap it really low. i called em up got a almost doubled connection and lower price. i get 1100 d/l 3**upload. i should be getting 7** upload but im 2 lazy

[SquirrelMan]

so are you saying I should call them and yell at them because I have a slow connection?

[Phaelon]

Yes, generally they will give you a low data rate, if you call and request it or bitch at them you can get it upped. Generally you might have to pay more for more speed, but if you are paying 29.95 a month right now, just argue you can get 2.0 Mbps down and 384 Kbps up if you went with Cable for only 44 bucks a month, that should get them to up your speed a bit.

[Rbstr]

Call em up and complain, it works every time. Threaten to switch to cable, they won't like that.

And if they don't help switch to cable its faster.
They uped the cable speed here to 3Mbps DL i don't know upload though

[NoSurrender]

yea when dealing with SBC the only way to improve your connection is to call and bitch. im not kidding this is how its done with stupid greedy fat cat companies.

[SquirrelMan]

hm, I'm too lazy to call. What about bitching in E-Mail? does it have the same effect?:p

PS, who likes my new avatar? Its a squirrel:D

[Rbstr]

Talking and sounding mad works better, my Cable moden fryed and when i tried email they jsut said it was a router problem every time, but when i called angry they fixed it

[SquirrelMan]

Yes, generally they will give you a low data rate, if you call and request it or bitch at them you can get it upped. Generally you might have to pay more for more speed, but if you are paying 29.95 a month right now, just argue you can get 2.0 Mbps down and 384 Kbps up if you went with Cable for only 44 bucks a month, that should get them to up your speed a bit.

2.0 Mbps down... :drools:


how fast can I get with dsl?

the cable company says I cant get a line in my computer room, what's the next best thing? And how cheap is it?

[SquirrelMan]

this is what the powers that be say:

Your Throughput
http://support.sbcglobal.net/dsl/speedtest/images/spacer.gif
Download = 321.62 kbps
Upload = 88.69 kbps