A T3 connection is often called a DS3 connection, and although they seem to be different, they can actually be used interchangeably. A T3 line is similar, yet faster than a T1 connection. A T3 is high-speed line, powered by DS3 Technology, capable of delivering 44.7 Mbps (44,700K) in both directions.
this is very funny because we are only paying for 10mbps cable and i get double that......and i am on a wireless network with a crappy base model G router.
well "pirating.....we were tough to share"
WOW I'm now getting 4.991 mbps down, 654 kbps up. ATT DSL.
I hadn't checked my speed in many months and I was always getting around 1.9-2.5 mbps down. However I purchased a new custom build computer about a month ago. I had a 4 year old Compaq desk top running XP SP2. It had all the crap oem software and of course the latest Norton internet security package. Boot time was getting just awful plus the original ATT/Yahoo DSL software had lots of wierd utilites and stuff. Anyway I was expecting the new machine to solve the slow booting problem and I avast AV software instead of Norton. However I never suspected my basic DSL speed to improve at all, what a pleasent suprize.
Lesson is stay away from the mass produced big vendor computers if possible and Norton is nothing but a pig these days
AOL hell ASDL , 15 odd miles from nearest telephone exchange
Midnight Friday
A bit slow but then things are busy at this time online , British Telecom reckon the line is good for 6 Mbps and have had results top out at 5.5 Mbps on a quiet day.