[SGVHAK] [SGVLUG] new DSL configuration

[Braddock]

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On 01/10/2014 11:43 AM, Eric Wong wrote:
> I'm thinking of getting DSLExtreme Fusion.  Could I get an update
> on your experience with them?  Whereabouts are you located?

I've had DSLExtreme Fusion for almost a year and have been very happy
with the service.

I am located in South Pasadena near Mission and Fair Oaks, and get
several megabits down and maybe half a megabit up.

With Fusion you are on the Sonic network and not the DSLExtreme
network.  Sonic blocks outbound port 25 and will not unblock it,
unlike DSLExtreme.  They also put in a layer of phishing threat DNS
filtering.  I haven't ran into any other obstructions.

The Sonic phone service is good, although for some reason you have to
dial "1" even before local numbers.

I haven't had any outages and customer service was live, fast, and
helpful the few times I've called.

I don't think DSLExtreme/Sonic would use a different CO than AT&T.  As
far as I understand your CO is hardwired to be your CO.  Does
DSLReports still have the CO distance information available, or have
they gone downhill?

- -braddock


> I currently have Charter cable internet.  Before, I had AT&T and 
> DSLExtreme regular DSL for years and never got much more than 500
> Mbps where I'm at (near Arcadia library) so I always just got the
> the lowest 768/384 plan.  Would DSLExtreme Fusion on the Sonic
> network have different CO/network and could maybe work better (or
> worse) for me?
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 1:12 AM, Claude Felizardo
> <cafelizardo at gmail.com <mailto:cafelizardo at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Jess, max theoretical speed for ADSL2+ is 20 Mbps down and 1 Mbps
> up but it really depends on distance from Central Office, line
> quality both on the street and in the house, filters, old loading
> coils, etc.  AT&T sets different limits based on the tier you pay
> for. DSLExtreme's Fusion places no limits.
> 
> John, I do have a test plug outside at the demarc.  I should
> either run a long cable direct to the modem or better yet haul
> everything outside with a short cable and see what my speeds are
> like.  I was switching both my voice and DSL at the same time so I
> did not have the option to trying bonding or pinging each other.
> Before I had DSL installed, I had a separate line just for dialup
> and I remember being able to ping myself and connect back in for a
> short while before canceling the 2nd line.  I do recall that the
> installation took several hours and the tech had to use my 2nd line
> to request changes on the other end because his cell phone didn't
> have good reception.
> 
> So this evening I checked and my modem was still synced at
> 4028/1923 and getting the same results from various speeds sites.
> I called 611 and using the IVR, I set my line back to back to
> Annex-A or download priority. It's been at 9084/892 the last few
> hours. Ookla speedtest is reporting 7.7/0.7, Speakeasy says 7.8/0.7
> and Xfinity says 7.7/0.7.  But dslextreme always seems to show the
> slowest at 7.3/0.6.
> 
> We'll see how long this lasts but I have a new tool when I want to 
> resync - instead of hitting the power switch and hoping I don't
> lose my current IP, I just dial 611 and follow the voice prompts.
> It will even report current status which is nice.
> 
> Ask me in a month after a full month of service.
> 
> Thanks to all for suggesting DSLExtreme and bypassing Uverse!
> 
> Claude
> 

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