Vacation

[wmoore]

Things will come to those who wait. Take a breather, you have gotten so much done so far, sit back and hug those close to you. Rejoice !     Recharge !    Make new a plan !

[ronr]

Run your own wire from the old house . . .  Lots of line loss due to distance but someone knowledgeable with cable should be able to advise you of amplifiers etc. if needed. 

I had a tech recently tell me that computers are not supposed to be on an amplified line. ????

[looneylane]

All DSL lines are amplified? I think unless they are run fiber optic and even then?

[tojo]

You have to be within two miles of their closest box/amp

[Robby]

You have to be within two miles of their closest box/amp

AAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDD we are just over 2 1/4 mile.

[tojo]

They could do it they just would not be able to guarantee the speeds that you could get on a regular basis

[denny]

I probably havnt been paying attention but would a dish need to be close to a box?

[Robby]

They could do it they just would not be able to guarantee the speeds that you could get on a regular basis

Apparently they would run into more than just not being able to guarantee speeds. I don't remember what all he said, but it would take more than just running the line to us to get it working at an acceptable level.

The house we just left we had that same problem, we were in the last 200 feet of the acceptable distance, and there were times we had to use our phones to tether because what was supposed to be 6mbs ended up being almost non existent. I do not want to do that again.

[looneylane]

I'm on 15 mps and rarely get 6...its s scam

[Robby]

Your not going to get advertised speeds, it's kind of like advertised gas mileage, just not going to happen. But, we weren't told until after we had problems the first time that we were actually too far out that we should have problems. At least 2-3.5 out of every 7 days, the speed would get so slow that pages either timed out, or the modem would completely lose connection. I would rather just not even have a part-time connection, it's more of a headache than I need. 

[Lonesome George]

I have 60 mbps service.  I just did 4 test in a row with a worst of 48 one time, and the rest over 55, with the last test after I closed my home page of 59.57 mbps.

I was only getting around 15 until I complained and suddenly the guy on the phone supposedly "reset" something.  They had me throttled back hoping I wouldn't notice or complain, and when I did they opened me up.

[ronr]

suddenly the guy on the phone supposedly "reset" something.  They had me throttled back hoping I wouldn't notice or complain, and when I did they opened me up.

Have done that myself.  Call to have them check their own equipment from their end. 

[looneylane]

Yeah I should definitely do that. I have to call them anyways to try and keep my unlimited rate plan