So this summer my apartment implimented free wireless DSL. I talked to the guy who set it up, 1 business class DSL line for the entire complex... 4 buildings x 32 people per building = 128 people on the network. This summer, when it was in 'testing phase' and password protected, I was the only 'tester' and I'd report problems to the guy who set it up. It was decent, and stable.

This weekend, people have been moving in, connecting to the network, no more password - its open.

Speeds have decreased to dial-up speed, and I get disconnected every 2 minutes. Its useless. I still have a landline DSL setup that I was actually going to cancel today, b/c thats when my 1 year contract was up. I may end up keeping it b/c the wireless is shit.

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can't beet free...but gettin kicked off is :down: Maybe they need to work out a few bugs?

But I wouldn't mind an extra $45 a month that I pay for cable internet :happysad:

 

128 connections supported off ONE business class DSL!?!?!

Someone needs to teach that guy some network segmenting.

Assuming a download speed of 3mpbs you shouldn't have more than 20 users on it! Even then there needs to be some kind of per connection throttling.

South Koren broadband > US broadband