What determines the dsl speed rate I receive?
The speeds for the Long-Range Ethernet (LRE) in the USA project are ultimately determined by the Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) between the ethernet switch and the LRE (DSL) modem in the apartment. This SNR is determined by the quality and length of the phone cable between the phone demark closet and the apartment. The longer and poorer the cable, the slower the speeds. We have determined that we can run 4.5 Mbps UP/DOWN with a minimal amount of errors. Please be aware that this 4.5 Mbps is a “low-latency” connection; meaning that very little of the bandwidth is used for signaling and error checking. (In the case of a 1.5Mbps DSL connection with Qwest, a significant percentage of your bandwidth is used for signaling and error checking, and you will never achieve a full 1.5Mbps during a file transfer.
The speeds for the Long-Range Ethernet (LRE) in the USA project are ultimately determined by the Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) between the ethernet switch and the LRE (DSL) modem in the apartment. This SNR is determined by the quality and length of the phone cable between the phone demark closet and the apartment. The longer and poorer the cable, the slower the speeds. We have determined that we can run 4.5 Mbps UP/DOWN with a minimal amount of errors. Please be aware that this 4.5 Mbps is a “low-latency” connection; meaning that very little of the bandwidth is used for signaling and error checking.
