On 2022-11-22 20:45, BCLUG via talk wrote:
Alvin Starr via talk wrote on 2022-11-21 20:02:
I have a cottage with a 3Mbit DSL service and the DSL service is rock solid.
The back haul from the fiber connect point on the other hand is little better than 2 tin cans and a string. How does one test the DSL service between customer and CO only?
Is that a ping test? Am I misunderstanding everything (again)?
I'm just trying to understand how to go about it should I find myself in similar circumstances. The DSL modems usually have a nice collection of statistics. Things like error rates, re-connections, signal to noise ratios. Looking through these you can get a good feel for the quality of the line.
Also for a number of years I had access to Bells DSL line testing service because I was running an ISP. It took a few years to figure out what was going on. My first assumption was that it was last mile phone line issues because it seemed to change with the weather but I eventually realized that it related to the likelihood of people being inside trying to use an internet connection. -- Alvin Starr || land: (647)478-6285 Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)806-0133 alvin@netvel.net ||