From: nospam@needed.com   
      
   Some Guy wrote:   
   > Doug Mitton wrote:   
   >   
   >> Ok, here it goes:   
   >> First off, my modem is a SpeedStream 6520 Series, couldn't see where   
   >> the F/W version was.   
   >>   
   >> ATU-C Current Tx rate:7040000 bits/sec   
   >> ATU-R Current Tx rate:800000 bits/sec   
   >   
   > Bell has been increasing the speed of their conventional DSL service for   
   > some time.   
   >   
   > What you have is pretty much as high as they can go with basic ADSL.   
   >   
   > I've got that exact speed (7040 / 800) and I've had that for 2 or 3   
   > years.  I have one of those legacy Sympatico HSE accounts - unlimited   
   > bandwidth.  Started as 3-meg service back in 2001.  They just bumped it   
   > up every few years - no notice, no extra charges.   
   >   
   > I doubt that any sort of network or infrastructure upgrade was   
   > responsible for what you (or I) have in terms of this 7-meg speed.   
      
   Considering the reach curves, there's a good chance the OP has a remote   
   at the end of the street. That's what makes 7040 possible.   
      
   http://www.internode.on.net/residential/adsl_broadband/easy_broa   
   band/performance/   
      
   My ADSL used to go all the way to the CO. Now, it only has to reach the   
   box at the end of the street (remote), and the wire run for that is   
   much shorter. Some other transmission standard, runs from the remote,   
   back to the CO.   
      
       Paul   
      
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