[PVRCNC] pse QRQ

Jim Jordan K4QPL k4qpl at nc.rr.com
Fri Jul 16 21:05:14 EDT 2004


I have no idea what the technical specs are, but with Time-Warner cable
(Roadrunner) it definitely does not take 2 mins to upload 2 Mb. More like 30
seconds if that long.

Jim, K4QPL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "alsopb" <alsopb at gloryroad.net>
To: "pvrcnc" <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 8:41 AM
Subject: [PVRCNC] pse QRQ


> 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."
> ________________________________________
>
> 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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