What's yer speed?

Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 10:55 pm

I got ADSL. I'd love to have a DS3!!!

But I'm happy with ADSL, beats any other type of affordable residential connection. Cable is ok too, never tried it so I can't put it down.

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 11:00 pm

I just ordered DSL, got to be better than dial-up. I should get the modem next week.

What is ADSL?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 11:20 pm

Adsl is pretty much the same thing, it means asyncronis digital subscriber line as in upload not being the same speed as download, there's also SDSL which is upload and download being the same, I forget the other, just plain DSL is most likly ADSL, as it's just not advertised that way, that's what I figure anyway...

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 11:41 pm

This is all new to me...just hope I can get it going. It is a self install package. Sales rep said just plug it in, is it that easy?

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manadren_it · Post by **manadren_it** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 4:52 pm

cable kicks butt when it works right. However right now I'm having trouble with packet loss with my current provider, and the butt-monkies at the cable company can't figure out what's wrong.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 5:22 pm

This is all new to me...just hope I can get it going. It is a self install package. Sales rep said just plug it in, is it that easy?

Yep, it's that easy. Plug the modem in the phone jack (an installer should of came and wired it up to a decoder or "pott splitter" I think they call it) and then you plug in an ethernet cable from the other jack of the modem into your computer. Oh, and it helps if you plug the modem in the power.

At least that's how mine was, there are different ones. I heard there's even USB modems...

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 8:03 pm

I was told it is an external USB modem.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 8:35 pm

In this case, I think all you do is plug it in the computer and into the wall jack. Never seen one of these so I can't say for sure what to do.

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 9:01 pm

I hope that is all I have to do. Don't want to go into the case unless I have to....OUCH!

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rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 10:35 pm

its what i have 56 but not what i want. i just cant aford to buy any line like dsl or even t3 what is what i would really like to have t3 is what the internet backbones are i believe.

Wren you are good to go with the usb modem but remember dsl can shut down on you with out them telling you. and you might lose the connection so make sure they give you a perment number. also just keep the dial up modem in the computer and at the ready incase they do shut dsl off for maintence on ya.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 11:21 pm

DS3 is 28 DS1's, DS1 is the equivalent of T1, which is also the equivalent of a DE-4. I'm not sure if they are the same but with different names, but all I know is that I'd love one!

A DS1 has 24 chanels that are 64K, which makes it about 1.5Meg, so that times 28 is a fast connection!!!

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 11:21 pm

Thanks, rovingcowboy...I will leave the dial-up modem in...they do have 20 hours of free dial-up service per month in case you need it. Guess they thought I would need it...I didn't know about the maintenance thing though.

I'm actually paying for a phone line for the pc, plus the ISP, so this will be a little cheaper for me.

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manadren_it · Post by **manadren_it** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 5:22 am

ok. Lemme get this straight, I should know this stuff but I keep forgetting.

ds0 = 64kbps
ds1 = 24 ds0's = 1.544mbps = t1
ds3 = 28 ds1's = 45mbps = t3
ds4 = 168 ds1's = 6 d3's = 275mbps = t4

alright, now that we got that straight, what about SONET?

you can get up into the gigabit range with that stuff.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 11:30 am

I'd like to have FOTS! Fiber Optic Transport System. My own line. In my house. Oh yeah!!! I bet just the Cisco device to decode it probably cost more then any equipement I'd hook up to it.

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Magic_it · Post by **Magic_it** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 5:12 pm

Wren, you should have ADSL because that is what most residential DSL is. <img src='http://ds3.rcthost.net/~iceteks/forums/ ... s/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'>

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 12:23 am

Ok, thanks Red, rovingcowboy and Magic, I didn't know there was different types of DSL.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 9:29 am

Yep! That's cool!

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fishyfool · Post by **fishyfool** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 9:50 pm

if possible, you want a network card and dsl with rj45 connections.
the usb dsl modems have a higher processing overhead for your computer,
which translates into higher ping times when gaming.
i personally want VERY low ping times for a fragtastic time online while gaming!!!

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 10:21 pm

I don't know what an rj45 connection is.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 11:33 pm

rj45 is those blue ethernet cables if I believe...

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Sun Apr 13, 2003 10:53 am

I have 56k...............

I hate it, but my parents won't get xDSL. We are having financial problems anyway, so I can see why.........

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katinamarie72 · Post by **katinamarie72** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 7:40 am

Cable.........

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manadren_it · Post by **manadren_it** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 2:48 am

Wren wrote: I don't know what an rj45 connection is.

rj45 is the name for a connector used with most of your network cable. It looks like an oversized phone jack.

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jamezua · Post by **jamezua** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 1:54 pm

I've got ADSL now , but have been a 56ker for
a looooong time ...

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