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I am 189.6kbps at reible's site, http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html .

I'm at 1255 kbps

Looks like we got away from the trivet making jig question, but just got home from work and since it's raining I didn't feel like getting into my shop this evening so checked the link for the speed and it shows me at 1756.3 Kbps. Guess that's not bad for being an hour south of Nashville. I use Bellsouth as my provider and have DSL extreme for $49 per mo.

a1gutterman wrote:Hi Paul,
I really don't know a thing about DSL. My provider, CenturyTel, TELLS me that my connection speed is 100Mbps. And that is not the best they offer. I do not know what that means, it is just what they say. When I do speed tests from this site:
www.speakeasy.net/speedtest , I range between 150kbps and 300kbps at any given time. I am told that is slow, but like I said, it was good enough to see the Sawdust Session yesterday.

Someone is lying to you, 100 mbps is 100,000,000 bits per second, extremely fast even for a business. Fiber to the home, about the fastest you can get economically (introductory rates of $39-$59 per month) is about 30,000,000 bits per second (1/3 of what they told you). On the CenturyTel website they claim up to 10 mbps but you are seeing about 1/30 of that, since 300 kbps is only 300,000 bits per second.

Some of this is people not knowing the difference between K and M, some of this is just plain stretching the truth. Comcast claims I have 12,000,000 service but I have never seen 1/3 of that. When I call for service they claim it is my "TV" interfering or my PC is too slow (I have several new computers including a dual core severer), or the site I tried is too slow (which is possible). The point is to watch the videos you need about 300 kbps and most people with "high-speed" service have that or better.

Just so we can all be on the same page, I refer you to this link. According to this site, the maximum speed for ADSL is 8 mbit/sec download and 1 mbit/sec upload.

While I'm guessing the the trivet-making question is no longer an issue, I do want to point out:
1. Mary Jane Favorite (one of the most published illustrators in woodworking and my better half) has provide an explode for this particular jig to resolve any confusion.
2. Every time we send out a new tip, I also post it at http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/Tips.htm. You folks might want to check there from time to time. Not only do we add a new video tip each week, I update the blackboard material if I find a need for clarification. For example, the explode I mentioned above is now part of the downloadable PDF plans file for the trivet-making jig.

With all good wishes,

Bruce wrote:Just so we can all be on the same page, I refer you to this link. According to this site, the maximum speed for ADSL is 8 mbit/sec download and 1 mbit/sec upload.

What is confusing people is FIOS is sometimes called DSL by phone companies. The limit of 8 mbps for ADSL comes from how much data you can you can send over old fashion copper telephone wires between your house and a phone company central office miles away. What is happening now is the phone company is putting the "central office" on the curb of your street allowing much faster "DSL" or actually running fiber to your home allowing even faster speeds.