[Hidden-tech] Verizon DSL slow?

[Jim Ussailis]

According to a 802.11 mailing that I subscribe to, the same is true of 
802.11a/b/g equipment.


Jim Ussailis

jim at nationalwireless.com



On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 matthew at the-spa.com wrote:

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> one quick suggestion on dsl routers, i have setup over 100 dsl and
> cable modem routers and i've had wonderful results with the linksys
> products. initially i used to recommend the netgear but when the
> linksys models came out i switch to those.
> 
> the only one i ever had consistent problems with was DLINK, i had a
> few customers/friends who went out and bought those because they were
> a few dollars cheaper and there were tons of problems.
> 
> for a few dollars difference do yourself a BIG favor and get a
> linksys or maybe a netgear.
> 
> there really is a difference in the quality. linksys is owned by
> cisco. all the isp's use cisco.
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> matthew
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> >To: peter at peterirvinelaw.com, hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
> >Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Verizon DSL slow?
> >Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 05:31:48 -0700 (PDT)
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> >>> Yes, I've been having problems with Verizon DSL both
> >>> at home and in the 
> >>> office, both with page loading speed and with
> >>> sending mail.
> >>> It's a total mystery to me.
> >>
> >>Funny, I've felt the DSL service we previously had (in
> >>Easthampton) was much quicker/better than the Comcast
> >>(Greenfield) we now have.
> >>
> >>At any rate, my folks were having Verizon DSL issues
> >>and the problem seemed to be the MTU setting (on the
> >>router).    I lowered it to 1420 and that seemed to
> >>help.
> >>
> >>Here is Netgear's writeup on it (NB: we did not have a
> >>Netgear router)
> >>
> >>http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/n100603.asp
> >>
> >>hope this helps
> >>-Garth
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