Re: Acceptable DSL Speeds (ms based)

[Luke Parrish <lukep () centurytel net>]

I agree with that regarding download speed, I like to see 85-90% on a 1.5 
connection, that usually works out to 1.3M - 1.35M...

And, yes this is purely for conversation and other viewpoints.

Thanks,
luke




At 11:01 AM 5/4/2005, Peter Corlett wrote:

> Luke Parrish <lukep () centurytel net> wrote:
> > Does anyone have a good resource for acceptable speeds for home DSL
> > customers?
>
> Surely this is completely subjective?
>
> Wearing my end-user hat, I see, and expect, TCP traffic flowing at
> about 55kB/s on a BT Home 500 circuit, and proportionally higher
> throughputs on the 1000 and 2000 offerings.
>
> If it routinely fell below about 75% of the theoretical maximum even
> to close sites, I'd switch providers.
>
> --
> Youth is a wonderful thing; what a crime to waste it on children.
>                                                         - George Bernard Shaw

Luke Parrish
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