ot, adsl speed vs. distance

[Sean McMahon]

Don't know but did you look on dslreports.com?  When you're looking at the
providers, you have to look at the line providers not just the isps.
howstuffworks.com may have this info.  Be wear of many adds.
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From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 12:51 PM
Subject: ot, adsl speed vs. distance


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> Hi all.
>
> Sorry for the off topic post, but I thought someone here might know
> the answer. Does anyone here have any ball park figures on how distance
> effects ADSL down/up speeds? For example, what's the highest possible
> down/up ADSL speed at 5000 ft, 10000 ft, 15000 ft, and so on? I got
> curious about this, and did some googling, but the only information I
> found was that service providers qualify lines differently, and that
> one provider may provide a certain speed a certain distance from the
> customer to the phone switching office, while another provider may
> provide another max speed at the same distance. However, this is only
> telling me what I already know, with no actual general ball park
> figures. Thanks in advance for any info, including any web sites or
> other resources which answer my question.
>
> Greg
>
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