[CLUE-Tech] qwest, msn & dsl am I doomed?

[Frank Whiteley]

Well, if you're pulling a 700MB iso, do the math.  Itsa lotta bits.

5600000000bits/200000bps/60sec/60min=7.7hours, not doomed, download while
you sleep.  Joe gets it a bit faster, which is the difference between cable
and residential DSL.  For $10 more a month to Qwest (depending on state) you
can get 512000bps performance (assuming the same lossiness as your 256k is
seeing) and lower it to dinner and a movie (your wife will like this and
quit harping about your being on the computer all the time).  You seem to be
getting what you're paying for.  It's not 256K.

Frank
Colorado

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Linux" <joelinux at earthlink.net>
To: <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] qwest, msn & dsl am I doomed?


> I doubt your computer is the problem.  I use AMD K6/500 in Hawaii with a
> cable modem and it flies. Perhaps as high as 700k per second if I have
> my figures right.
>
> jeremy wrote:
>
> >Greetings,
> >
> > A funny thing happened when I moved. . My  wife signed us for phone
service
> >and they offered to send info on DSL. About a week later a DSL modem and
> >startup  up package arrived. /* good thing  i didn't order it I'd still
be
> >waiting. */  I'm new to DSL and don't quite know what I have gotten in
to.
> >
> > Any  way it's a 256k /sec rate account using an arescom net dsl 800
modem.
> >With MSN as the isp.  So am I doomed?
> >
> > My first problem is what protocol they are using PPPoe or a bridge or
what is
> >there a way to tell? I read the dsl how to and d/l the pppoe package with
no
> >luck. It didn't really say what network options should be built in to the
> >kernel.
> >
> > second is chap or pap or something else.
> >
> > I got my network card running and the .o file loads as a module and the
> >lights on the modem go when I try and connect. According to the web page
from
> >arescom the modem should be transparent.
> >
> >
> > I have not called MSN to ask for help because when I called to ask about
the
> >slow transfer rate the guy told me it was because my system resources
were
> >low. Apparently 190M of ram and a duron 700 is not enough.
> >
> > I went to a site and benchmarked my connection. The up and down transfer
> >rates were as advertised. But  the transfer rate was only 25k/sec. So it
takes
> >me several hours to download an ios image. But hey I was dialing up at
> >3.8k/sec so I'm not really that sad. I just want to know it the transfer
rate
> >is from here to Qwest or from my computer to the modem?
> >
> > I don't have the $$ to switch isp's right now.   If any one has any
ideas
> >drop a line. It's ok to say "you are doomed"
> >
> >tech info.
> >
> >Duron 700, 190M ram. Slackware 8.0, kernel 2.2.something, netgear pci
card,
> >
> >Thanks
> >Jeremy
> >
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