Re: [OT] 2Mbit ADSL

[James Fidell <james@xxxxxxx>]

Quoting Doogie Brodie (ukhad@xxxxxxx):
> Paul wrote:
>
> > Interesting - has anyone actually used one of these?  Not looked
> > into the figures - but wonder what the alternatives would cost
for a
> > 512Kbps upload and 1Mbps down i.e. taking TWO ADSL lines + cost
of
> > this box compared to a service that gives these speeds?  Did that
> > make sense ;)
>
> Dunno... will try and have a look into it..... the 256k up thing
> is pants..... I mean, I have 512/256 in the house, but at work its
> 2048/256 ..... 4 times the down, but the same up..... :

Indeed.  And the worst thing is that (for tcp/ip, at least) if you're
maxing out the uplink, it restricts the amount of data on the downlink
because the remote end has to wait for your ACK packets.

> Dunno what the up is on the new 2MB leased line we're getting when we
> move premises to a non adsl area... will have to check that.

Leased lines are almost always symmetric.

James