Copper can carry either Dial-Up, which is limited in the USA to 56kb/s
downloads (its a law, not a technical limit), or it can carry DSL, which can
be very fast...as fast as Cable TV internet service, though not as fast as
fiber. There is no technical reason for DSL to cost more or for dial up to
be slower...its just the way the phone companies set it up, and it really is
illegal here to offer dial up service faster than 56kb/s! Why? I think the
phone companies lobbied congress for that so they can be justified in
charging 3 times as much for DSL.
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On 6/12/10 5:37 AM, "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just did a test - I'm getting 6979kbps line speed, 0.85mB/s download
> speed.
> That's on copper, as I said. At least for part of the distance. I
> don't think fibre has reached my node yet!
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 12/06/2010, at 6:43 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
>
>> I'm on dialup, and my new house has a connection speed at the time of
>> these checks of about 33.6 kbps.
>> "Broadband" as supplied here is not on fibre-optic cable, but copper
>> cable,
>> and for the extra cost one might get anything from 20 to 100 kbps.
>> Not
>> worth paying for.
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