Snapper <snapper1@y7mail.com.invalid> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Snapper <snapper1@y7mail.com.invalid> wrote

>>> When I first started using NextG I used my phone as a modem.
>>> The best that I could get was around 180kbps, which isn't even
>>> up to the min. DSL standard.

>> The minimum DSL is actually 128K

> Bad wording. I should have said "minimum offered download speeds",

Wouldnt have helped, it would still be wrong.

> although that could be incorrect if we also consider "shaping".

I wasnt talking about shaping, I was talking about the pre shaped speed.

> In which case, 1kbps could be considered "minimum".
> Depends on how much they can ratchet it down to.

I wasnt talking about shaping, I was talking about the pre shaped speed.

There were a few operations that have offered 128K and still are.

> Whatever you get the point. It's not broadband, not even under Telstra's "definition" of the term.

Its DSL tho.