[NMLUG] QWest DSL with Cisco 670 vs. Actiontec GT701 modem

[gonzales at thuntek.net (bg)]

On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 15:53 -0700, Matt Grommes wrote:
> You might just be too far from the CO to get the full speed. If you are, 
> I'd take that up with Qwest. You shouldn't be paying for it if you can't 
> get it due to the limitations in the technology. I'm like 1000 feet from 
> the CO and I get the full 1.5mbps (up and down) on my home service so I 
> know it's possible.

I live about 1000' from a CO as well. I've never measured my bandwidth
on dslreports.com, but I can download iso's at a solid 150kb. I've never
uploaded anything of substance, so I have no idea of teh upload speed.