{"id":189,"date":"2001-10-06T00:36:07","date_gmt":"2001-10-06T05:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/?p=189"},"modified":"2001-10-06T00:36:07","modified_gmt":"2001-10-06T05:36:07","slug":"it-has-made-me-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/?p=189","title":{"rendered":"It has made me too"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has made me too jittery to think straight.  This dropping-DSL, which has been down for days on end, coming up for 30 minutes or an hour a day, has made me link-light crazy, watching the router nervously for the fatal wink-out of the WAN link indicator.  I’m getting an ulcer. 
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\nCurrent connection condition as follows (as obtained from DSL reports<\/a>)<\/p>\n

…to New Jersey:
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\n** Speed 1294(down)\/442(up) kbps **
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\n(At least 25 times faster than a 56k modem)
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\nLogging result
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\nFinish.<\/p>\n

…to San Jose:
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\n** Speed 274(down)\/436(up) kbps **
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\n(At least 5 times faster than a 56k modem)
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\nLogging result
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\nFinish.<\/p>\n

..to Los Angeles:
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\n** Speed 545(down)\/438(up) kbps **
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\n(At least 10 times faster than a 56k modem)
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\nLogging result
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\nFinish.\n<\/p>\n

\nI don’t know what is up with the San Jose test results — the upload is faster than the download.  But if it is connected at all lately, all I can say is ‘tsawright. \n<\/p>\n

\nThe DSL offerings out there are pretty awful.  WorldCom, despite their website propaganda<\/a>, can’t do anything for a Rhythms customer ‘cept sell’em a new line.  No assumption of ‘customer care’ going on there.  Or maybe it is just an unscrupulous sales staff trying to maximize commissions — the American way.  They want to discard the present connection, hardware and all, and have Covad install everything new.  Such an encouragingly inefficient business practice for lean times — maximize cash flow without regard for the rest. \n<\/p>\n

\nI’m in a bad mood.\n<\/p>\n

\nThey want $150 per month for a 128kbps line (Synchronous DSL — 128k both ways).  This price means nothing to me since I have not spent a cent on my present line.  But the service I signed up for was ADSL (Asynchronous) which for most of its life has provided me with 1.5Mbps downstream and 300+ kbps upstream.  The price for that was $49.95 a month.  Hmmm.  I think there is some shopping to be done here — or maybe some strong words to be shared with WorldCom, like… well, I don’t know exactly what they are yet.  But I’ll let you know. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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