[ale] dslreports

John Wells jbwellsiv at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 11 11:59:16 EST 2001


I just installed Bellsouth's ADSL this weekend. 
However, dslreports.com says I'm "about 39570 feet"
from the CO and that maybe, if I'm lucky, I can get
slower IDSL.

Maybe they're just slow in updating their data.....

John

--- Charles Marcus <CharlesM at Media-Brokers.com> wrote:
> Although the discrepancy does sound pretty large,
> the 'distance' measurement
> is not 'as the crow flies', it is the number of feet
> of actual copper, and
> can be much greater than 'driving distance'.
> 
> Charles
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
> [mailto:esoteric at denali.atlnet.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:40 AM
> > To: ALE
> > Subject: [ale] dslreports
> >
> >
> > Speaking of dsl, I must note, that dslreports has
> never been accurate
> > when deteriming availability to me.  I've just
> checked them again and
> > they indicate that I'm over 18000 ft (20050 ft)
> from the CO.
> > I know is
> > not true as I've talked to the Bellsouth guy and
> he showed me
> > where the
> > thing was.  He said I'm under a mile away, and
> driving to it
> > is under a
> > mile as well.
> >
> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
> >
> > "...the system (Microsoft passport) carries
> significant risks to users
> > that
> > are not made adequately clear in the technical
> documentation
> > available."
> > - David P. Kormann and Aviel D. Rubin, AT&T Labs -
> Research
> > - http://www.avirubin.com/passport.html
> >
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