It sounds like AT&T needs to beef up their network and data connections.<br><br>I just moved back to the Grand Rapids area from Holland - and my DSL service is bad, and unreliable - and I'm fairly positive it's all network congestion.<br>
My ping is great... my data transfer is ok - the connection is just very 'jittery'.<br>I went into my modem and tested it, I also tested my telephone line for noise - they are both reporting an excellent connection to the node.<br>
If I connect to my friend down the street who has DSL we can stream data to eachother all day long without any problems.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Bob Kline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/is-atts-new-150gb-dsl-data-cap-justified.ars" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/is-atts-new-150gb-dsl-data-cap-justified.ars</a><br>
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Starting May 2, AT&T will <a href="http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Exclusive-ATT-To-Impose-Caps-Overages-113149" style="color: rgb(255, 91, 0); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">impose 150GB monthly limits</a> on its currently uncapped DSL service, while its fiber-to-the-node U-Verse subscribers will get 250GB. AT&T says the move will affect "less than 2 percent" of customers and that it is necessary to address congestion in the network.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.3077em; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The cap structure is not currently set up to squeeze extra fees out of most users. Subscribers who exceed their monthly allowance will pay an additional $10 for each 50GB over the cap, but AT&T tells Ars that "customers will hear from us directly numerous times before they exceed usage and before they incur any additional fees."</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.3077em; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The company will notify users when they hit 65 percent, 90 percent, and 100 percent of their monthly caps, and will also provide historical usage reports and a monthly usage tracking tool. (AT&T says that an average DSL user on its network currently transfers 18GB each month.)</p>
</div><div>**</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888">
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