yeah, that's what I got out of the forums as well - that the chipsets in the newer modems are better designed to deal with distance and line quality issues. I'm at the edge where that's suppose to become an issue.<br>
<br>I'm hesitant to swap out the old modem for several reasons: If I cycle power, am I going to lose my static? It's been running for let's see, 250 days when I had to replace the battery in the UPS. Before that I think it was up for nearly two years. I also have a separate router so while it would be nice to consolidate three things (my wireless access point is actually in another room which is more central to everything) into a single box that makes it a single point of failure. Right now I could loose wireless and still have internet access or I could lose internet access and still be able to connect to other devices in the house.<br>
<br>Will a new modem let me specify static? I believe my modem is set up as a bridge so no PPP over anything. No login. It just works. Which makes me wonder what prevents just anyone from "grabbing" "my" IP if my modem is offline?<br>
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I was told I can get the 2-wire residential gateway at any AT&T
wireless store for $100 plus tax. The non wireless version is like $87
but not sure if it's available at the retail stores. No it's not a lot
of money but why replace it it ain't broke and there's no guarantee my
speed will increase? It was the guy on phone that suggested looking at craigslist.<br>
<br>Since the change, I've been getting anywhere from 3700 to 4000 Kbps down and from 611 to 647 Kbps up depending on the various speed test sites: <a href="http://dslreports.com">dslreports.com</a>, <a href="http://speakeasy.net">speakeasy.net</a>, <a href="http://bandwidthplace.com">bandwidthplace.com</a> and <a href="http://broadband.gov">broadband.gov</a>. These numbers are just over the DSL Pro plan of 3.0M/500 Kbps but not within the 80-90% of the max speed for the DSL Elite speed 6M/768K. I know a guy who has Verizon FiOS now with 20 Mbps now but is moaning that where he is moving to only has DSL and he's going to have to change his usage pattern. sheesh.<br>
<br>Oh, I have not made any hardware changes on my side at all. I placed the order Friday morning and was told it would happen on Monday and noticed the new speed when I got home. Looking back at the logs for the day, I noticed that there are two records missing from my weather station uploads which occur every 10 minutes: one about 8:30 am and the other around 4-ish I think it was. <br>
<br>Hey Tom, if you connect a computer directly to your modem, can you access any kind of configuration screen? As for my "ISP", I'm not sure as I don't use their "home" page. I still have my <a href="http://pacbell.net">pacbell.net</a> address if that's what you mean. I have gmail poll all my old addresses every once in a while. I got DSL before they changed their name to SBC and way before the merger with AT&T. Whenever I asked for the latest promo, I always asked about keeping my static IP but I think the last time was told they couldn't promise but have always had it. I'll send you the name and number of the guy who helped me.<br>
<br>claude<br><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Emerson, Tom (*IC) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com" target="_blank">Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><span><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff">From what I read in the forums about the alcatel, that is your bottleneck (I have the same one I think - a not-quite-rectangular box about 6-7" tall and 10-11" wide, right?) Basically,
the fact you are getting more than 3mbs is supposed to be impossible [just like it was "impossible" for me to get ANY DSL at 40,000 feet from the CO?]</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff">What were they expecting to charge for the hardware in the first place? Sure, a rebate is nice, but consider: you've had that modem for 10 years - any discount you received on it,
even 100%, has been fully amortized by now, hasn't it?</font></span></div>
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<div><div>Does anyone have an unused DSL modem, preferably 2-wire? Anyone switch to U-verse or cable?<br>
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I called AT&T and asked about U-verse w/o TV and was told there would be a $145 installation fee unless ordered with at least TV service. <span><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff"> ...</font></span><div>
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The guy was very helpful and said he normally does email support and the occasional phone support but is always looking for referrals. If anyone wants his name, phone number and extension, please ask off-list. <br>
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<div><font face="Courier New"><font color="#0000ff"><span>It
</span><span>sounds like we are in the same boat - sure, I'd love to get the info on this guy, I should probably upgrade my system now too... </span></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New"><font color="#0000ff">BTW: which "pseudo-ISP" were you with before the upgrade? pacbell, sbc, yahoo, at&t<span>, prodigy?</span> [by "pseudo-ISP", I mean that all of these are or were the same company
- it just depended on when you started service and whether or not you were [forcibly] migrated from one to another as the "contract" the baby-bells had with whomever was re-written from time to time]<span> In keeping your static
address, did you also keep the same ISP?</span></font></font></div></span></div>
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