DSL ripping me off

[Red Squirrel]

I worked helpdesk for a few years and never heard of more filters causing issues. Only thing I suppose it could cause is slightly more capacitance on the line but it's probably a very small amount if any. Now if a filter goes bad I could see it cause some weird things like a short on the line.

More often than not it's an actual phone that causes an issue, not a filter. At my current job I sometimes take 611 calls off hours and there's been plenty of times where a line condition goes away when the person unplugs a certain phone. If you pickup the phone and you have hum or noise on the line chances are good the dsl wont be working very well either.

 

[VirtualLarry]

FIOS represent!

In actuality, I had both FIOS and DSL at my old apt, and the DSL was actually pretty sufficient for everything I do, except for downloading huge ISO files.

The DSL was also way cheaper, in absolute terms.

 

[bbhaag]

^^^We have a local company laying FIOS in our area(MTCO). I can't wait for them to get to my neighborhood. DSL is ok for dl's but it's really lacking when it comes to uploads.

My parents live in Florida 9 months out of the year and uploading 720p home videos of their grandchildren takes forever on our dsl line.