I ordered 256Kb, and i seem to be getting about 55KB/s=440Kb/s for long
TCP transfers and 25KB/s=200Kb/s for short ones. It's interesting to me
that their price list says they charge $62/mo for 512Kb but they seem to
be letting me have a lot more than my 256Kb that i'm paying $40/mo for.
Browsing the web is pretty close to the performance from Sieg. I suspect
the web browsing goes well relative to a T3 because for small transfers
TCP is RTT-limited, and the RTT is reasonably small thru USWest - about
20ms to MCI or Alternet in Seattle and 60ms to Silicon Valley through
Alternet.
If you're interested, here's the URL:
http://www.uswest.com/com/customers/interprise/dsl/
They said it would be (no bill yet :-) $110 setup fee, $40/mo for the
"256Kb" line, $20/mo for the ISP (you can pick someone other than USWest).
Plus whatever they're charging for the modems; i should be getting mine
free through their early-bird promotional deal. Not sure if that's still
on. The DSL modem just has a 10BaseT jack, and we're just getting IP
addresses through DHCP, so i'm unning it through a hub and splitting the
cost with my roomie.
neal