🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Paul Gronke wrote:

> I had always been told that the limit on connect speed is my "slow phone
> lines."  but I was able to routinely connect over the holidays at 44K in
> Dover DE over holidays and at 128,000k (!) in Williamstown MA (from a 100
> year old home) over the last week.
> 
> I can't believe it is the equipment in my area, which was developed in the
> late 60's and 70s (decades later than either of the two areas mentioned),
> unless I am missing something.

Unfortuantely, older equipment is generally better for faster connections.
This equipment is less likely to interfere with an analog modem.  The
problem is that newer areas tend to have multiplexers that put multiple
copper lines onto a fiber cable.  Problem is that this equipment often
will reduce the speed to 28,800 bps.  These multiplexers also prevent you
from getting xDSL.
 
> Does anyone in the Triangle area ever get a fast connection to any ISP?
> 
> What is frustrating is that the slow connections (and inability to ever get
> a Duke connection) is seriously impacting my work.  I can't get ADSL (not in
> my area) or cable modem.

What do you mean "inability to get a Duke connection"?  Can't you
subscribe to Duke's ISP service?  If ADSL does come to your area, that
would be your best option as I believe the GTE/Duke ADSL rates are quite
good.

Read triangle.online-access for much more on this subject.

Regards,

Jeremy

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