Sounds like you need to dig up your phone line and wrap a spare ethernet cable around both ends :) Brian Cluff On 02/25/2013 04:48 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: > Doesn't 175 KB work out to around 1.5 mb? That's about the rate I got > when I had 1.5 Mbit from Qworst years ago. It's my understanding that > bandwidth is determined by your ISP. The more you pay, the more you > get. With DSL the quality of the line between the phone company's local > office and your home is the main limiting factor with DSL. Of course > the longer the line is, the lower the maximum possible speed is. I live > about 1000 feet or so and AT&T tells me I could get 20 Mb, but they > don't offer that speed here. > > On 02/25/2013 02:20 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: >> I can get 4000+KBps on a regular basis over my unmodified cable to the >> Internet. The very same cable will give me 48000+KBps over my Lan. >> >> The speeds you are talking about are so low that even a badly mad, or >> damaged cable would achieve them thought much trouble. >> >> Brian Cluff >> >> On 02/25/2013 01:17 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>> 175kbps. or is it mbps? >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Lee Reynolds >> > wrote: >>> >>> Good point. >>> >>> For example, 175 is my IQ, measured in Poodle Points. >>> >>> >>> >>> Lee Reynolds >>> Systems Analyst Principal >>> ASU Advanced Computing Center >>> a2c2.asu.edu >>> >>> GWC-558 >>> 480.965.9460 (Office) >>> 480.458.7434 (Mobile) >>> >>> Have an A2C2 related question or problem? >>> >>> Just send an email to the following address detailing >>> the nature of the question or problem and a service request >>> will be created automatically: >>> >>> support@hpchelp.asu.edu >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org >>> >>> [plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org >>> ] on behalf of >>> Stephen [cryptworks@gmail.com ] >>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 1:10 PM >>> To: Main PLUG discussion list >>> Subject: Re: speed up the internet. >>> >>> 175 is a number, without context of what unit that 175 is its just a >>> number, between 150 and 200. :-) >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Michael Havens >> >> >> wrote: >>> is 175 a normal download speed with a standard dsl speed? >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Michael Havens >> >> >> wrote: >>> Thanks Nathan... I appreciate that. >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Nathan England >> >> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Countless scientific studies in the medical community have proven >>> that, in many cases, the placebos are as or more effective than the >>> prescribed medication. I believe you are a primary candidate for >>> placebo trials Michael! >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, February 25, 2013 11:58:16 AM Michael Havens wrote: >>> >>> remember a few weeks ago when someone post a link some young guy >>> made on speeding up a person's internet by putting a strand of cat5 >>> next to your existing cat 5? Everyone said that was stupid but I did >>> it anyways. Well, my download speeds seem to have increased. Prior >>> to my experiment I used to stay around 145 while maxing at 159. Now >>> I am usually at 175 and it goes down to 159. Maybe I'm just paying >>> closer attention but if someone has some spare cat 5 test it and >>> tell me I'm right or just being stupid:) >>> >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> >>> Nathan England >>> >>> >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >>> NME Computer Services http://www.nmecs.com >>> >>> Nathan England (nathan@nmecs.com >>> >> >) >>> >>> Systems Administration / Web Application Development >>> >>> Information Security Consulting >>> >>> (480) 559.9681 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> >> > >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> >> > >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you >>> from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze >>> button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > -- > "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I’m not there, I carry on as usual." > > Patrick Moore > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss