Qwest installed the DSL last week. Once they removed some bridge taps, the speed was up to the advertised level of 20Mbs. While Speedtest.net only rates it at 13.71Mbs, it is fast enough to watch movies over the internet. I wonder if the bottleneck is the conne'ction to the Internet backbone? Qwest gives the speed between the CO and you, but does it have the capacity to the Internet backbone?
The modem, a Actiontec PK5000 is barely adequate. The Actiontec PK5000 does not have the ability to set an IP address based on a MAC address. While I can get around this, .it should be available. What bugs me more is not being able to set up a bridging router in my entertainment center. I had hoped to place a bridging router next to the entertainment center to feed a Blu-Ray player, Roku unit, and possibly a pvr. A call to Qwest tech support confirmed that the PK5000 is not able to connect to a bridged router, but none of their DSL modem have the ability.
At least the PK5000 has WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) which makes setting up network appliances easy.
Qwest, come on, offer some decent DSL modems. I believe that telco's could compete with cable companies as more people figure out that they just need a fast Internet connection.
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