Will I see speed increase from upgraded DSL wiring?

BigDaveDogg · December 18th, 2007, 04:13 PM

AT&T is upgrading the wiring/boxes/whatever at the entrance of my neighborhood for higher-speed internet. Will I instantly see an increase in my home? Is it a big bottleneck there or will the rest of the wiring into my home, etc need upgrading as well? I know the more people using the internets at a given time decreases the speed, as well as distance it has to travel or something. Anyone wanna shed some light for a n00b? images/smilies/think.gif

cvrefugee · December 18th, 2007, 05:45 PM

Perhaps

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_mile

Zuhaib · December 18th, 2007, 07:46 PM

Go here, http://www.dslreports.com/ , and check to see how far your CO is to you and what is your current speed. That should give you an idea that *If* they are installing a new CO in your area then you might see a speed bump. Then again, if your already getting your rated speed then you wont see any speed bump at all.

cvrefugee · December 18th, 2007, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zuhaib

Go here, http://www.dslreports.com/ , and check to see how far your CO is to you and what is your current speed. That should give you an idea that *If* they are installing a new CO in your area then you might see a speed bump. Then again, if your already getting your rated speed then you wont see any speed bump at all.

I think you mean RT (Remote Terminal) not CO (Central Office). Two very different things images/smilies/tongue.gif

Buba · December 18th, 2007, 08:24 PM

The thing is, you gotta know which connection they sell you. If you got a x Mbit line, then you will have one tomorrow as well. Just because there is new wiring doesn't mean anything right away.
My router has a function in its Menu which will tell you fast fast you could theoretically connect, what the capacity of the line actually is.

So: What speed you got right now? Is it ADSL, or ADSL2 (which means a new router/modem, but no new lines and a new max of 24 Mbit downstream)
You will most likely have to get a new contract or renew yours to benefit

L0K1 · December 19th, 2007, 02:59 AM

Shouldn't make any difference.
If you have for example 2Mb DSL right now and they upgrade the wiring, you will still have 2Mb DSL. Your speed won't increase because they limit how fast you can go, you get what you pay for.

I could see maybe a SLIGHT change, but nothing dramatic.

Viper007Bond · December 19th, 2007, 03:03 AM

I got quite a bit jump by having Qwest come into my house and placing a filter right at where the line comes in the house.

Since my signal was already really weak, it made the DSL signal come down only one clean line in my house to my modem rather than going to all the phones and crap that cause interference.

BigDaveDogg · December 19th, 2007, 03:19 AM

I just checked on the website...currently 3mb "Pro" is the quickest connection they offer in my area, which is what I get. Their 6mb "Elite" package must be what they're upgrading to allow. Sound about right?

eddysdaman · December 19th, 2007, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigDaveDogg

Sound about right?

Yup. mind you, they won't be upgrading for just 6mb. They'll be allowing for even further ahead speed upgrades its just they're not available atm.

cvrefugee · December 19th, 2007, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

I got quite a bit jump by having Qwest come into my house and placing a filter right at where the line comes in the house.

Since my signal was already really weak, it made the DSL signal come down only one clean line in my house to my modem rather than going to all the phones and crap that cause interference.

That's a splitter I believe, not really a filter. They split the data and voice lines at the outside box.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigDaveDogg

I just checked on the website...currently 3mb "Pro" is the quickest connection they offer in my area, which is what I get. Their 6mb "Elite" package must be what they're upgrading to allow. Sound about right?

They may be installing U-Verse in your area, which is a combination of fiber optic TV and DSL internet. Why they don't allow us to use the fiber for internet instead of TV is beyond me.

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BigDaveDogg Joined: Aug 30th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Illinois Posts: 1,001 Car: GSX-R600K7 Rep Power: 38	I just checked on the website...currently 3mb "Pro" is the quickest connection they offer in my area, which is what I get. Their 6mb "Elite" package must be what they're upgrading to allow. Sound about right? __________________

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L0K1 Joined: Dec 13th, 2007 Last Online: December 29th, 2008 Location: Beijing, China Posts: 43 Car: '01 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT Rep Power: 5	Shouldn't make any difference. If you have for example 2Mb DSL right now and they upgrade the wiring, you will still have 2Mb DSL. Your speed won't increase because they limit how fast you can go, you get what you pay for. I could see maybe a SLIGHT change, but nothing dramatic.

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