Can DsL be capped in downstream rates by software?

[erikiksaz]

i ordered winfire, and my speed is supposed to be 384k down. my service provider in this area is pac bell, and their dsl is limited to 1.5k down. is there anyway that i could get rid of the special "cap" that winfire will put on me? cus i know that the dial in program they use has this bandwidth on demand thing, but you would have to pay to use it. so i know my line can go faster, is there any way to possibly do it without paying exta $$?

 

[IBhacknU]

I was told the d/l speed (limit) was controlled at the CO (central office).... or somewhere else.

I could be wrong?

 

[urbantechie]

It's controlled at the CO.

 

[Pepsi90919]

I read somewhere that if you're thinking of trying to uncap DSL, "don't even waste your time."

Same with DOCSIS cable modems, now.

 

[Pretender]

DSL isn't that expensive, just pay for the extra speed.

 

[Viper GTS]

DSL line rates are controlled physically at the CO. You can specify a line rate in some modems, but it won't do any good to set it higher than your rated speed.

If you want bandwidth, pay for it.

Viper GTS

 

[erikiksaz]

that's strange though. i wonder how that "bandwidth on demand" thing works. won't it have to be physically adjusted every time i decide that i want the extra speed?

 

[Pretender]

Yes, bandwidth can be changed at the CO, but I think generally once a month, maybe less often. It involves changing a few settings in the (insert technical thing here) at the CO, nothing major like adding a new T3 line or replacing a phone line.

 

[Wedesdo]

winfire has a bandwidth on demand, though. with winfire, the bandwidth is not capped at the co - the co speed is always 1.5.

the speed is capped by winfire's servers, so if you can get past their servers, you're home free. that shouldn't be too hard, although i havn't tried anything yet.

i use free-dsl too, btw.

also, the speed is just limited to 144k or 384k per file, meaning if you use getright to split downloads, you can still the higher speed. this also makes me thing that the speed is software capped.

 

[Cretin]

You have all the bandwidth, my guess is either you simply can't hit higher than <x>KB/s, or the software is limiting the throughput somehow. But if they were smart enough to do that, wouldn't they have been smart enough to not let you download 10 files at the same time all at that speed?

I mean, it's real nice to say you can't download past 50KB/s, but what's the use in limiting it to 50KB/s if you can download 10 files of warez at once all at 50KB/s? Moot. Useless. Just pisses people off.

But anyway, I most definitely wouldn't be complaining if I had broadband at all. 28-56K dialup sucks the big one.

Cretin

 

[DanC]

Better believe it is...
and yes... the software CAN do that - and DOES.

 

[Pretender]

While it's technically possible for there to be a software cap on it, it would be much smarter for them to cap it at the CO, which most if not all of them do.