DSL service [was Re:TLUG Mail list archives?]

Fri Jun 8 13:52:13 UTC 2007

> | From:  <phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org>
>
> | I've been using Pathcom as an ISP, but their DSL access has slowed to a
> | crawl and they seem to be incapable of doing anything substantive to fix
> | the situation. (They have, however, wished me a nice day on every one of
> | my dozen phone calls to them.)
>
> The "last mile" of all DSL providers is the same: Bell Nexia.
>
> Do you know if the bottleneck is within Bell's network or Pathcom's?
> If it is within Bell's then you need to switch to Rogers :-(
>
> For example, my DSL connection is bad.  The problem appears to be that
> my wire to the Central Office is 5km, about the limit.
>
> It is pretty hard to figure out where the problem is: nobody knows or
> if they do they don't want to tell you.
>
> Usually you can ask your DSL modem about line quality and bandwidth
> limitations.  I don't know enough to know how to interpret them.

Here (below) is a typical result from pinging a website. I get a similar
result irrespective of the website. It pings fine for a while and then the
site becomes unreachable.

This shouldn't be a distance problem, we're less than 1km from the CO -
and the Bell tech who was here said I should be getting something like
5MB/sec at this location.

I wonder if the Sympatico service is any better than the other ISPs? You
could then see this as a strategy to drive customers into Bell's embrace.

Anyway, I'm  checking out Rogers: it's about $10 more per month, but
reliable fast service would be worth it.

64 bytes from 62.41.81.27: icmp_seq=542 ttl=54 time=61.8 ms
64 bytes from 62.41.81.27: icmp_seq=543 ttl=54 time=63.1 ms
64 bytes from 62.41.81.27: icmp_seq=544 ttl=54 time=62.7 ms
64 bytes from 62.41.81.27: icmp_seq=545 ttl=54 time=62.3 ms
64 bytes from 62.41.81.27: icmp_seq=546 ttl=54 time=63.6 ms
64 bytes from 62.41.81.27: icmp_seq=547 ttl=54 time=62.9 ms
64 bytes from 62.41.81.27: icmp_seq=548 ttl=54 time=62.8 ms
64 bytes from 62.41.81.27: icmp_seq=549 ttl=54 time=63.0 ms
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=570 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=571 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=572 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=573 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=574 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=575 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=576 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=577 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=578 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=579 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=580 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=581 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=582 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=583 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=584 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=585 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=586 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=587 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=588 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=589 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=590 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=591 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=592 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=593 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=594 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=595 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=596 Destination Net Unreachable
>From 192.168.7.1 icmp_seq=597 Destination Net Unreachable
64 bytes from 62.41.81.27: icmp_seq=598 ttl=54 time=61.1 ms
64 bytes from 62.41.81.27: icmp_seq=599 ttl=54 time=62.5 ms
64 bytes from 62.41.81.27: icmp_seq=600 ttl=54 time=63.0 ms
64 bytes from 62.41.81.27: icmp_seq=601 ttl=54 time=62.1 ms
64 bytes from 62.41.81.27: icmp_seq=602 ttl=54 time=62.4 ms

-- 
Peter Hiscocks
Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto
http://www.syscompdesign.com
USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator
647-839-0325

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