On top of the fact that your DSL speed is probably fixed unless you're paying max dollar for the fastest possible speed, and you live close enough to the telco to get it, you need to make sure the modem you get, you need to check with your ISP to see which models they support.


>We would like to purchase a good quality, fast ethernet DSL modem.
>  The one we have from our ISP is slower than the first one we got
>from
>them which is a USB modem.  We are going to network three desktops and
>a laptop and would like to use the 802.11g, 2.4 GHz LinkSys Network
>system, but it doesn't support USB modems.  We don't want to use the
>ethernet one that we have and were hoping to get a retail ethernet DSL
>that is fast.  Does anyone have a recomendation?
>
>=====================================================================
>
>If I understand it correctly, the DSL speed is determined by your ISP
>and not limited by the DSL modem.  So the modem you get will not
>affect the speed you see but only it's reliability.  The limits on ISP
>DSL speeds are affected firstly by how far you are from the local
>Phone Switch.  And some DSL ISP's charge more for higher speeds but
>they still can't get my the distance limitations and phone line
>quality.  The commonly accepted limits for usable, but slower DSL data
>rates, is 16,000 feet.  As you get closer to the phone switch (cable
>length) faster speeds are achievable.
>
>Doc
>
>

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