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Sunnyvale 94086 speed question
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:28 pm
by Kenneth Moore
I have a question on download speeds. The Sonic.net site says:
"Good news! Looks like Sonic.net Fusion℠ is available. Your location is about 9,944 feet from our local serving office."
What kind of dn/up speeds should I expect?
I currently have ATT DSL and speeds are slow. I want to switch to Comcast or Sonic, but I need to know the speeds I will get. Sonic pricing is right.
Thanks ... Ken
Re: Sunnyvale 94086 speed question
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:16 pm
by Guest
As far as I can tell, sonic re-packages AT&T service, so if you are getting bad AT&T services you will probably do the same or worse with Sonic, especially since the speed benefits of Fusion (Sonic's competitive advantage over plan ol AT&T service) disappear radically at such long distances.
Re: Sunnyvale 94086 speed question
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:17 pm
by dane
Fusion is ADSL2+, which can deliver a max of about 3x the speed of the older ADSL1 you are using today. But, that speed benefit narrows as the distance increases, so it's unlikely you will see this sort of gain.
For a chart of current average speed by distance, see:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r269108 ... ance-chart
Note though there is a lot of variability, as you will see from the scatter plot if you scroll down.
Re: Sunnyvale 94086 speed question
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:12 pm
by relyef
I'm in 94087 and I've been told I'm about 10K+ feet from the switch. I'm getting a stable connection at about 1.6 down/0.7 up Mbit/s. Somehow, it is faster than my former AT&T connection and much more reliable. Had to call Sonic customer support and ask them not to use automatic throttling program. With this program active the DSL was at crawl.