CoH Tech Issues.

[Logan Darklighter]

Oh my... I didn't clue in on that tidbit before. Spud is right. I should know, I worked DSL tech support for several years. 20,000-21,000 ft is the absolute maximum distance that Verizon would even bother to authorize an installation for. And we'd often have problems with the connection speed starting at about - wait for it - 16,000 ft. The best speeds you can get on DSL speeds are when the copper line from the CO is only about 5000 ft or less distance to your home. from about 5000 or so to 16,000 or so, you can get the middle tier of speeds fairly reliably. Starting at around 16,000 to 18,000 ft, you start having issues maintaining those middle tier speeds. IIRC we often would have customers calling in with speed issues and when we checked the line, we'd often find that they were beyond 16,000 ft. Usually 18,000 ft. Other factors include how old the lines are and how well maintained. We had a lot more problems with speed issues in - say - the New England area of the US than in Texas or California for example, since all the old copper lines in that area are often -very- old.