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DSL seems to somewhat taper off at 100 MBit/s over here in Germany, but that's actually quite reasonable speed for non-business customers, with 1080p taking 27

by Nitramp 12y ago

DSL seems to somewhat taper off at 100 MBit/s over here in Germany, but that's actually quite reasonable speed for non-business customers, with 1080p taking 27 MBit/s. I once had cable in a crowded neighbourhood, it was pretty terrible at peak times.

snogglethorpe 12y ago
Isn't the speed of DSL highly dependent on the details of the actual analog line? I have an ADSL line, and my contract says "50Mbps", but I rarely actually get over about 4Mbps. As far as I can figure, the reason is because my house is near the limit of distance from the central office... (the phone company actually has a calculator web app thing that lets you plug in your address and get the line length...and then a separate calculator that maps from line-length to expected speed) [I'm not complaining or anything.... It's a cheap line which I've had for ages, they're very up-front about the caveats of ADSL, and I could easily get fiber or cable (from multiple providers) for a bit more money. So far I just haven't cared enough to change it.]