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

[James Knott]

phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote:
> 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.
>   

This is a routing problem.  Try using traceroute, to see how far it gets.
> 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.
>   

I'm on Rogers.  The service is very reliable and I get 8 Mb/s download.


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