Now I wanna start out by saying that it's my fault for having lackluster speeds. I'm not here entirely to complain, but more to ask for some advice. When I signed up for the Fusion 1-line service, I underestimated the importance of distance from the CO in terms of speed. I THOUGHT I remember it saying around 9000 ft, and I told myself, "I'll be fine." I ran the distance test again today, and it's telling me I'm 11,088 ft from the CO.
Now, I've seen the speed/distance chart Dane posted and I think I'm right where I should be in terms of speed, maybe even better than expected. I'm sitting at around 2.2 Mbps down/0.82 Mbps up. Not terrible, but for me it's pretty disappointing for the price I'm paying (I don't use the phone line at all) for what I thought would be blazing speeds. Again, it's my fault for not paying attention to the CO distance, but is there any way I can boost my speed? Should I just move down to a lower non-Fusion service to get more bang for my buck? Just for reference I have the ZTE ZXDSL 831II modem from Sonic.
There was one more issue when I first starting using the service, was that the connection would drop randomly for 30 sec to 1 min somewhat frequently. It wasn't the "disconnect every 5 min" issue, sometimes the connection would be fine for hours and other times it would drop in 5-15 min intervals. The disconnects seem to have subsided significantly the more I've used my connection, so I'm gonna go ahead and say it's fine now. Nonetheless, it was a frustrating issue I had to deal with at the beginning.
EDIT: Sorry forgot to mention my location, I'm in Alameda, CA.
Now, I've seen the speed/distance chart Dane posted and I think I'm right where I should be in terms of speed, maybe even better than expected. I'm sitting at around 2.2 Mbps down/0.82 Mbps up. Not terrible, but for me it's pretty disappointing for the price I'm paying (I don't use the phone line at all) for what I thought would be blazing speeds. Again, it's my fault for not paying attention to the CO distance, but is there any way I can boost my speed? Should I just move down to a lower non-Fusion service to get more bang for my buck? Just for reference I have the ZTE ZXDSL 831II modem from Sonic.
There was one more issue when I first starting using the service, was that the connection would drop randomly for 30 sec to 1 min somewhat frequently. It wasn't the "disconnect every 5 min" issue, sometimes the connection would be fine for hours and other times it would drop in 5-15 min intervals. The disconnects seem to have subsided significantly the more I've used my connection, so I'm gonna go ahead and say it's fine now. Nonetheless, it was a frustrating issue I had to deal with at the beginning.
EDIT: Sorry forgot to mention my location, I'm in Alameda, CA.