<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">3 sites that offer a speed test ... <br><br><a href="http://www.broadbandreports.com/">http://www.broadbandreports.com/</a> > Tools > Speed Test > select flash or java based test<br><br><a href="http://speedtest.nethere.net/">http://speedtest.nethere.net/</a><br><br><a href="http://speedtest.knology.net/">http://speedtest.knology.net/</a><br><br>An article on Qwest "ADSL2 & "Fiber to the Node (FTTN)" deployments ... <br><a href="http://http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Slows-Down-FTTN-Deployment-98427">http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Slows-Down-FTTN-Deployment-98427</a><br><br>HTH<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 10/14/08, Adrian F. Nagle, IV <i><anagle@naglenet.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Adrian F. Nagle, IV
<anagle@naglenet.org><br>Subject: Re: Fwd: [clue-tech] DSL modem issue?<br>To: "CLUE tech" <clue-tech@cluedenver.org><br>Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 10:14 AM<br><br><pre>So what is the easiest way to check the throughput rate?<br><br> -- <br>Adrian Nagle ~ anagle@naglenet.org ~ http://www.naglenet.org/<br><br><br><br>----- Original Message ----<br>From: Mark G. Harvey <markgharvey@yahoo.com><br>To: CLUE tech <clue-tech@cluedenver.org><br>Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:29:57 AM<br>Subject: Re: Fwd: [clue-tech] DSL modem issue?<br><br>I too use a Cisco 678 ... its very stable and seldom requires a reboot. Good<br>gear is worth the money. Craigs List or eBay are great sources for used quality<br>gear if you know what you want. <br><br>I've put my Cisco 678 into bridging mode & have a firewall behind it<br>holding my public IP address, which is issued via DHCP from the Qwest DSLAM at<br>my local CO. I'm at 5 Mbps down
/ 1.5 Mbps up. Could get up to 20 Mbps if<br>I was willing to purchase a newer modem (due to the faster service being a<br>different DSL protocol) & increase my bandwidth costs. At this point, its<br>not worth it. Maybe it would be if I were using VoIP & streaming media to a<br>TV.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>clue-tech mailing list<br>clue-tech@cluedenver.org<br>http://www.cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue-tech<br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>