IS 21000 feet a long way away from a CO??? (DSL)

[dcpsoguy]

I am wondering if I will get optimal speeds because I am 21000 feet away from a CO, according to DSLreports.com??? So do you know what is the highest connection speed i can get, and if 21000 feet is far away from a CO???

 

[fir3wir3]

it wouldnt be good that far away

 

[Ultima200]

Waaay too far. Im around 17000 feet and I can only get IDSL

 

[Viper GTS]

DSL companies usually won't sell to people who are beyond 18,000 feet, & really 15,000 is a better figure to go by. IDSL, however, should be available. Not as fast as DSL, but it's better than nothing.

Just for the hell of it I ran my address & phone number through it... 50,000 feet.



Viper GTS

 

[urbantechie]

Thats too far. The max distance should be around 17,000'.

 

[dcpsoguy]

Thanks. Hopefully there will be a CO built near me soon...

 

[urbantechie]

Why don't you get cable?

 

[Mill]

Yes IDSL would probably be the only choice. Where do you live? Is cable offered?

 

[yakko]

Remember it is not 15,000 feet in a sta\raight line but the length of the line.

 

[Pretender]

the dslreports thing should also show you all the speeds you can get when you look up your line. Probably just idsl...but I'd go with cable, IDSL tends to be more expensive and slower than ADSL.

 

[StealthX32]

cable!

 

oh gosh, way too long for anything thats worth your time.
Call your cable company

 

[Dofuss3000]

go to www.dslreports.com!!

 

[Harrald]

At around 19000 feet DSL starts to degrade. Most companies won't sell service over 17000' to you because they can't guarantee speeds. I know a few people who have DSL as far as 18750 with "No" problems at all. These folks work for a DSL company though.


If you can get it at 21000 feet from someone then try it. As long as there are no service contracts you can bail out if it sucks. It should be better than dial-up even at that distance.

 

[paruhd0x]

Hehehhe I'm 11,779 feet away from my CO

 

[dcpsoguy]

I will probably get Cable. But I heard DSL was better? Which is faster? I heard that Cable would slow down at primetime times

 

[yakko]

I'm about 200 feet but the most I could get is 768/384. I stuck with cable since at 2 am when I get home the speed is faster for the same money.

 

[dabuddha]

i like my cable
i live in a neighborhood of old people so that might be why i get fast speeds but my average speeds are 4800 mb/sec down and of course, 128kb/sec down
my max download speed i've gotten was 7500mb/sec
but that only lasted for about 3 minutes

 

[Pretender]

I refuse to believe you got 4.8gbps downstream. That's just plain impossible with standard hardware.

 

[Hossenfeffer]

If you're really 19k away from the TelCo, I'd look into cable. By all means, investigate the possible dsl options, but cable (assuming you're not on a super-populated node) will likely suit you fine.

 

[mastaki11a]

Muchless 7.5gbps heh

 

[dabuddha]

whoa major mistake on my part there heh
should be 4.8 not 4800 and 7.5 not 7500
major brain fart

 

[zippy]

Cable is awesome dude! I'm kinda confused why people are so hooked on DSL and think it's better...any reasons?? I mean, i understand in heavily populated areas where the nodes are packed, but...

Anyway, I have cable...and I'm 6,900ft. from a CO- only thing is that the CO doesn't have DSL.