i had alltel dsl, from the shittiest franchise in the world. it took me about 10 hours to get the line to work. first, they sent me the wrong equipment. so, then i had to scrounge up the right equipment to get the line to work. then, of course, all i could find is a cisco 675 on short notice. the 675 only runs on CAP, not DMT, which is what they use now. so, instead of the tier 1 DMT 768/128k line, i was stuck with the older 384/256.
most of the time i never got anywhere near 384. 350 tops, and that was on a good day. it even went clear down to 75k at one point.
but, now back on the cable line, 2mb down 384k up. i used to be able to pull 3.5+ speeds, but now it looks like it's been limited to the 2mb/184k. but it's still a hell of a lot faster than dsl.
and i'm going to love calling alltel today and telling them to suck my ass. after all the time they spent, they STILL wanted me to sign a 1-year service contract to get a free modem i couldn't even use. i told them to **** off when they asked that.
i love cable. this is SO much faster! whee!
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