Archive for February, 2004



SBC delivers 6mbps downspeed baby! yeah!

Published on 27.Feb.04

SBC activated my new and improved DSL this past Monday on schedule. I have seen sustained downloads of 6mbps. Of course not everything is lightning fast, many web sites are still running on T1’s which are limited to 1.54mbps. But for sites on fatter pipes, or downloads from akamai-based servers [...]


SBC increases download speed to 3Mbps and possibly to 6Mbps

Published on 13.Feb.04

I upgraded my DSL package today to the new SBC Expert Plus plan. While the website touts 1.5Mbps to 3Mbps, the operator said it may be as fast as 6Mbps. Wow! We are almost to 10BaseT! All for $45/mo. which is $10 less than I am paying now. Sweet. [...]