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Posted: 2/20/2020 12:29:10 PM EDT

I just ran a speed test on my internet service and it's showing 2.5mbps.....I'm out in the sticks so it's DSL.....no fiber optic lines here.

My question is, for a typical DSL setup, is 2.5 normal?

Tony Rumore
Tromix

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:30:22 PM EDT

[#1]

Slow

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:30:24 PM EDT

[#2]

I think 6 would be average. 2.5 seems really slow.

ETA: Found this....

The most popular plans average max download speeds of 13 Mbps, and maximum upload speeds of 2.5 Mbps. Those speeds are less than what other technologies (like cable) can offer, and available DSL speeds are increasing at a slower rate than cable, too. -Apr 17, 2019

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Posted: 2/20/2020 12:31:35 PM EDT

[#3]

Today's standards yes that is very slow. That is the equivalent of dial up compared to most high speed internet that is 100Mbps too 1Gbps.

Now if you mean 2.5MBps that is different than 2.5Mbps. MB is megabyte and Mb is megabit.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:33:50 PM EDT

[#4]

That's fast...well in 2003 it was

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:36:21 PM EDT

[#5]

The average speed in the US is 93.98Mbps as of 2018.

2.5Mbps was slow even in the early 2000s.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:37:03 PM EDT

[#6]

So OP, do you live in a small rural town too?

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:38:18 PM EDT

[#7]

How old is your modem? Old tech may be limited more than the speed you are paying for.
My dad's modem is like 15 years old, out of date, and he doesn't ever seem to get around to getting it replaced. Only gets 3mb connection.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:38:29 PM EDT

[#8]

It depends on what you are doing with it, streaming video will tax it. If that's what you can get via DSL, maybe 4G will come to your area.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:38:47 PM EDT

[#9]

That's pretty fuckin terrible. I'm thinking about upgrading to gigabit.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:38:52 PM EDT

[#10]

I just ran it again.

The Download Speed is 2.17Mbps and the Upload Speed is .46 Mbps.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:40:08 PM EDT

[#11]

Yeah that's average DSL speed. Slow as shit in the grand scheme, but usable enough. Have to watch porn in low definition.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:40:51 PM EDT

[#12]

It's terrible these days, but not out of the norm is you're rural. I was on 3mbps on my dirt road until last summer. Phone co-op ran fiber now I have gigabit

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:41:28 PM EDT

[#13]

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How old is your modem? Old tech may be limited more than the speed you are paying for.
My dad's modem is like 15 years old, out of date, and he doesn't ever seem to get around to getting it replaced. Only gets 3mb connection.

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Distance plays a bigger role in how fast DSL can go. So an upgraded modem may not speed him up, just make it more reliable.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:43:23 PM EDT

[#14]

For Comcast, anything 100+ mbps is considered normal in my opinion.

2 mbps DSL reminds me of the year 2003. Which was fast compared to dial up!

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:43:29 PM EDT

[#15]

ISP I worked for provided DSL to rural areas, 18 down and 2 up was the max depending on distance from the pedestal.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:43:39 PM EDT

[#16]

You know how I know op isn't a gamer or watches any digital media?

Sorry about your internet

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:44:19 PM EDT

[#17]

Wait for Elon to provide an option this summer, hopefully... Maybe it will light a fire under lazy providers

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:44:25 PM EDT

[#18]

DSL is capable of 6Mbps - potentially. It depends upon how far you are from the DSLAM. It also depends on the quality of your wiring in your house.

Typical situation is that the DSL signal goes through the entire house tip and ring wiring and there is a filter on anything connected to a jact except the DSL modem/router. A better solution is to put the DSL filter at the service entrance - run a direct high quality (ethernet) wire to the modem and feed the house through the filter. That should eliminate any issues from poor house wiring.

You need at least 4.5Mps to lives stream an HD movie.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:44:38 PM EDT

[#19]

It depends on how far you are from the source. Where I live, we only got 1.5 Mbps on DSL. 2.5 isn't horrible for DSL, it just means you aren't in an ideal area.

Then they ran fiber...

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:44:49 PM EDT

[#20]

For a download speed? Horribly slow. Upload speed? Still slow.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:45:48 PM EDT

[#21]

Depends on what you are paying for, If you pay for 10 and get 2.5 thats slow. If you pay for 2.5 and get 2.5 then you get what you are paying for. Ask your provider.
I live on a 5 meg connection, can watch all the Prime I want in SD and the work from home wife can do all the remote vpn connectivity she needs.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:45:56 PM EDT

[#22]

That's what we get at our cabin in the mountains.. dsl too. That's they will promise on the lines up there.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:48:29 PM EDT

[#23]

Plenty fast enough to download cool pictures to print out on your dot matrix printer.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:53:40 PM EDT

[#24]

Yeah that's pretty miserable.

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Posted: 2/20/2020 12:54:44 PM EDT

[#25]

That is very slow today. I would move if that was the fastest I could get.

If there is cell service available, look into OTRMobile.

Posted: 2/20/2020 12:58:56 PM EDT

[#26]

I used to have DSL, and we started getting speeds that were consistently that slow. I dumped it in favor of the new fiber option in town. Best decision I ever made. I'm getting 107 downstream and 184 upstream right now. It gets quite a bit faster, if I sit closer to the router, too.

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:00:57 PM EDT

[#27]

Get a netgear nighthawk m1, the external outdoor antenna. Beam style and point it towards a cell tower.
Along with a tplink ac1750 router.
Theres maps online shows tower locations.

Thenngo on ebay and buy a grandfathered ATT buisness account for 35$. Pay the 35$ a month for internet.
Depending on how congested the cell tower is, i have seen speeds over 250mps sometimes alot higher.

This the solution i replaced my parents dsl with and even dropped expensive xfinity at my house.

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:03:42 PM EDT

[#28]

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That's pretty fuckin terrible. I'm thinking about upgrading to gigabit.

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Do it!

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Posted: 2/20/2020 1:04:35 PM EDT

[#29]

That's slower than Arcnet or Token Ring.

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:06:06 PM EDT

[#30]

Y'all don't know what slow is. I pay for 750 kbps and usually get around 500 kbps at my house. It's DSL and pretty terrible but for standard surfing and email it works ok. I can usually watch YouTube videos in standard hd with little to no buffering. Forget Netflix or prime though.

I spend most of my time outside. Cable company just ran fiber though so we'll see if that changes.

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:07:40 PM EDT

[#31]

its the jeb bush of comcast.........

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:07:59 PM EDT

[#32]

T-Mobile speed

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:11:08 PM EDT

[#33]

Yes, it is slow but if you are far away from the central office or a DSL extender/repeater that is probably all the old phone wiring is capable of.

DSL is very sensitive to the distance from the originating equipment. The further away it is, the less data it can transmit until it reaches a point that it will no longer sync up to the originating equipment.

I used to pay for 3Mbs DSL service but was only able to get about 2Mbs due to the old cabling even though I am only 3 miles from the central office.

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:11:08 PM EDT

[#34]

I got 250 mbs on my Xfinity wifi

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:11:16 PM EDT

[#35]

Yes, that is insanely slow for the modern world we live in.

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:19:02 PM EDT

[#36]

Im in the same boat. We didnt even have DSL available until a few years ago when they installed a new DSLAM. I get closer to 3mbps, I can still play PS4 with decently low ping and stream in HD just not at the same time. Not enough bandwidth for me to work from home though.

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:20:20 PM EDT

[#37]

I'd say it's slow. I'd probably switch to 4G at those speeds.

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Posted: 2/20/2020 1:20:53 PM EDT

[#38]

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Yes it's slow.

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:23:13 PM EDT

[#39]

It must be slow.

These are my numbers sitting at a random bench in the mall.

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Posted: 2/20/2020 1:32:38 PM EDT

[#40]

Everyone is comparing this to fiber or coax. This is DSL and the OP is probably limited in his choices.

He's not doing too bad if he lives well off the beaten path. A 4G connection might be better if it's available.

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:48:32 PM EDT

[#41]

I pay over 100 bucks a month for about 13 download and 2.5 to 3 upload speeds. Fiber is about a half mile away and not getting to me any time soon

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:55:51 PM EDT

[#42]

Guess I shouldn't feel too bad. In rural NV and I have DSL here. Getting around 7 Mbps down and .6 Mbps up. And that is through a VPN.

ISP (local phone co) says they hope to have fiber run by the end of the year but not going to hold my breath.

I'm really hoping Starlink gets going soon.

Posted: 2/20/2020 1:56:30 PM EDT

[#43]

dude I have 100 and I live in freakin WV ... we still have large areas with no cell coverage

Posted: 2/20/2020 2:02:35 PM EDT

[#44]

That’s a solid number in 1998

Posted: 2/20/2020 2:08:12 PM EDT

[#45]

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DSL is capable of 6Mbps - potentially. It depends upon how far you are from the DSLAM. It also depends on the quality of your wiring in your house.

Typical situation is that the DSL signal goes through the entire house tip and ring wiring and there is a filter on anything connected to a jact except the DSL modem/router. A better solution is to put the DSL filter at the service entrance - run a direct high quality (ethernet) wire to the modem and feed the house through the filter. That should eliminate any issues from poor house wiring.

You need at least 4.5Mps to lives stream an HD movie.

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I've connected 20Mbps dsl before. A homeowner isn't going to have a filter to do that if it isn't already. And if his loop is 15,000ft plus, it isn't getting much better.

Posted: 2/20/2020 2:10:29 PM EDT

[#46]

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Get a netgear nighthawk m1, the external outdoor antenna. Beam style and point it towards a cell tower.
Along with a tplink ac1750 router.
Theres maps online shows tower locations.

Thenngo on ebay and buy a grandfathered ATT buisness account for 35$. Pay the 35$ a month for internet.
Depending on how congested the cell tower is, i have seen speeds over 250mps sometimes alot higher.

This the solution i replaced my parents dsl with and even dropped expensive xfinity at my house.

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Got a link to how to buy a grandfathered AT&T business account on ebay?

Posted: 2/20/2020 2:11:05 PM EDT

[#47]

See if terrestrial wireless is available in your area. While I'd take faster speeds if they ever become available, I have a steady 14 down 4 up unlimited data plan. This was pretty much the only option besides Dial-up or satellite. I can do anything I need with those speeds, including gaming and streaming TV.

Posted: 2/20/2020 2:13:23 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:
I just ran a speed test on my internet service and it's showing 2.5mbps.....I'm out in the sticks so it's DSL.....no fiber optic lines here.

My question is, for a typical DSL setup, is 2.5 normal?

Tony Rumore
Tromix

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My phone will get almost 100. My house is wired 1000. So, yeah. That's kinda slow.