Speakeasy SDSL 768/768kbps is up and running

[Leo V]

Yes, after over a year of Bell Atlantic 640/90kbps ADSL, I decided to pay for the big switch to SDSL. I've just recently had it installed, and here are my observations so far:

* Lower latency--I now ping my friends' campus machines at 20ms, compared to 50-60ms with ADSL

* Comparable downloads--with ADSL, I could get just over 60KB/sec from the best servers; now I max out around 75KB/sec. However, from most servers I never reach this speed (thus no advantage is experienced).

* Bandwidth is utilized more readily--when I had ADSL, the downloads would begin at lower speeds, around maybe 10KB/sec; then the speed gradually increased, approaching the limits. With SDSL, I seem to instantly get full bandwidth, which sometimes accelerates web browsing a lot.

* WAY faster uploads--my previous ADSL connection tested at 520kbps down, 70kbps up; the new SDSL tests at ~650kbps both ways.

Overall I'm satisfied, but I hoped to get "fuller" bandwidth utilization (I wished for consistent >70KB/sec downloads, but oh well). The true test will be when I run domain/DNS, FTP, email, website, and game servers on a dedicated machine. We'll see what'll happen then

 

[Doomguy]

Speakeasy is most likely way better than BA at the same speed. I love speakeasy's game servers. Glad you're happy.

 

[Ultima200]

With SDSL, you are only garunteed 80% of the speed you order.

I just ordered RADSL from Speakeasy..

 

[Remedy]

Hey Leo could you do a quick trace Route and tell me what you ping at this server, Quake.kersur.net? I'm getting radsl @ 768/408 and just wanted to get a general idea of how much of difference the connection is from your old BA dsl to your S.ez dsl.

 

[Kanly]

Let's see Leo V,
im in D.C. with Covad/Capunet.
Let's compare pings, lol

 

[Viper Frag]

Ultima200 Run that by me again, with SDSL you are only garenteed 80% of the speed, how about RADSL and whats the difference between RADSL and ADSL?

 

[Viper Frag]

Anyone care to answer my question?

 

[Caliber]

Ive been a speakeasy customer here since last year, and they simply rock. No other company that i have used has had this level of tech support and customer service, all i get is quick responces to my questions!

Oh, and if your a counterstrike player they host several servers at their East and West coast gateways

 

[Leo V]

Hey guys,

Sorry for the belated response.

Ultima200 and Viper-Frag:
SDSL guaranteed at 80% is the "better" deal, because ADSL is usually NOT guaranteed at any rate, and may in fact dynamically slow down anytime. Although Bell Atlantic did guarantee about 25-50% ADSL bandwidth, but you get the idea. To find out more, check here.

ReMeDy{WcS}, I've run the Tracert and here are the results (I'm retyping):

1 20ms 20ms 10ms gw-081-113.dsl-isp.net
2 10ms 10ms 20ms border9.fe4-0.speakeasy-6.nyc.pnap.net
3 10ms 20ms 20ms core1.ge3-0-0-bbnet2.nyc.pnap.net
4 10ms 20ms 10ms sl-gw9-nyc-3-3.sprintlink.net
5 10ms 20ms 20ms sl-bb11-nyc-4-0.sprintlink.net
6 31ms 40ms 40ms sl-bb13-pen-4-0.sprintlink.net
7 40ms 40ms 40ms sl-bb11-pen-11-0.sprintlink.net
8 40ms 60ms 40ms sl-gw12-pen-8-0-0.sprintlink.net
9 40ms 50ms 50ms sl-dnetny-1-0-T3.sprintlink.net
10 40ms 40ms 40ms lightband-1.usnycm.savvis.net
11 30ms 30ms 50ms kti-gw11.kersur.net
12 40ms 40ms 40ms quake.kersur.net

 

[Remedy]

Thnx Leo, Now i have something to smile about when i get my connection.

 

[zippy]

Hmmm...I'll take my cable thanks. Though, I dunno about my exact upload speeds, I have uploaded a 2MB MP3 in about 20 seconds or so (to tripod). Also, I haven't gotten below 100KB/sec. in a long time. Usually I get around 200. Only problem, is it was flaky for a few weeks, so I did a reg. tweak to stabilize it so I could play online games without warping again, but now I think its back to full speed and the reg. tweak slows it down, so I can't host 16 player games in rogue spear any more (just 10 or so now...maybe 12 if they are all nice connections). I'll have to find out what I editted a few weeks back and delete it...I'm just so lazy though. j/k, I'll do it tomorrow.

What I would get if it came to my area is 1.5Mbps DSL (virtually a T1!)...however, I live so far from the phone company that that is never going to happen...well, at least not before I go to college.

Glad you're happy with it though, I remember how frustrated you were with your old service!

 

[*kjm]

This is mine from Wisconsin with ADSL and it is now at peek time, not bad for me. I ping my Tribes server at around 65ms all the time.
1 70 ms 70 ms 80 ms d1.rback0.milw.wi.voyager.net [169.207.230.1]
2 60 ms 70 ms 60 ms 11.ge-0-0-0.rtr0.milw.wi.voyager.net [169.207.2
.1]
3 70 ms 70 ms 70 ms 446.at-0-0-0.rtr0.chcg0.il.voyager.net [169.207
24.109]
4 71 ms 70 ms 70 ms 35.ATM11-0-0.GW1.CHI6.ALTER.NET [157.130.118.13

5 70 ms 70 ms 70 ms 111.ATM3-0.XR1.CHI6.ALTER.NET [146.188.208.74]
6 70 ms 70 ms 70 ms 191.at-2-1-0.TR1.CHI2.ALTER.NET [152.63.65.94]
7 101 ms 100 ms 90 ms 126.at-5-1-0.TR1.NYC9.ALTER.NET [152.63.1.46]
8 100 ms 110 ms 101 ms 187.ATM6-0.XR1.BOS1.ALTER.NET [152.63.20.185]
9 100 ms 100 ms 110 ms 191.ATM9-0-0.GW2.BOS1.ALTER.NET [146.188.176.24

10 120 ms 110 ms 110 ms kersur-gw.customer.ALTER.NET [157.130.5.46]
11 121 ms 100 ms 110 ms kti-gw11-s20.kersur.net [216.129.150.238]
12 100 ms 100 ms 111 ms quake.kersur.net [199.79.199.138]