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[Jim Price WW4M]

I have DSL-lite for $34.95/mo which includes "Up to 512K download / 128K
upload", 6 email boxes, 5 MB personal Web space, no contract and Dial-up access
from www.portbridge.com .  Fast enough (and cheap enough) for my personal
browsing from home.

73, Jim WW4M

Quoting alsopb <alsopb at gloryroad.net>:

> Heard rumors about this but hadn't realized how slow DSL upload speeds 
> were.
> __________________________________________________________________________
> 
> "Users bump up against upload limits far more frequently. Some 
> providers, such as Verizon DSL and Time Warner Cable, have recently 
> upgraded their customers to 384-kilobit-per-second uplinks. But most 
> broadband users are limited to 256 kilobits per second, and millions 
> still chug along at 90 to 128 kilobits per second."
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> 
> Divide by 10 and this is only 9 kilobytes/second.  1 megbyte files 
> would still take almost 2 minutes to upload.  That's no faster than 
> dial up.
> 
> Does this jibe with you DSL users experience?>
> 
> 73 de K3KO
> 
> 73 de Brian/K3KO
> 
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