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BV · 10-24-2008, 10:48 AM

Yah at my new place in GA i was stuck with getting dsl. I'm getting like 5500KB down and 435KB up.

The ATT guys were impressed since I am in the middle of a 600 acre farm.

I miss my roadrunner in florida, i was getting 24MB down and 2MB up.

The guys did say that they will be bumping it up soon with some new technology coming out that they do on their end. (no new cables needed)

He also said that they will be able to bring in tv as well on the same line.

Cable company here supplies 20mb/2mb cable but those types of lines need a power booster every so many thousand feet and their main cable line is much thicker.

Where the dsl is a little more forgiving on needing a power booster.

What's funny is here in GA when I use my sprint cell phone as a modem I can dam near beat att's dsl speeds. I used it for 2 weeks before my dsl was hooked up and was quite impressed. (only 1 and 2 bars signal strength) at max bars I bet it would beat ATT's extreme dsl.

10-24-2008, 10:48 AM
BV wtf Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Bikini State, FL USA Posts: 10,914	Yah at my new place in GA i was stuck with getting dsl. I'm getting like 5500KB down and 435KB up. The ATT guys were impressed since I am in the middle of a 600 acre farm. I miss my roadrunner in florida, i was getting 24MB down and 2MB up. The guys did say that they will be bumping it up soon with some new technology coming out that they do on their end. (no new cables needed) He also said that they will be able to bring in tv as well on the same line. Cable company here supplies 20mb/2mb cable but those types of lines need a power booster every so many thousand feet and their main cable line is much thicker. Where the dsl is a little more forgiving on needing a power booster. What's funny is here in GA when I use my sprint cell phone as a modem I can dam near beat att's dsl speeds. I used it for 2 weeks before my dsl was hooked up and was quite impressed. (only 1 and 2 bars signal strength) at max bars I bet it would beat ATT's extreme dsl.