Re: dial up downloading faster than DSL line

["Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel Infinity-ltd com>]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Glen Lee Edwards wrote:

> Can anyone explain to me why we're getting faster download on our dial up
> connection with a 56k modem than with 256k DSL?  I'm running a Linux box
> as the Internet gateway for the LAN - RH 6.1.  Download is so slow that I
> finally decided to bypass the LAN with one of the Windows boxes, and I'm
> getting faster download to it with the dial up account than I am through
> the Linux gateway with is tied directly to the Cisco 675 router.
> 
> Glen
> 
> 
Do they go through the same ISP, and the same route?  It could be your ISP
has over subscribed DSL, and is running out of bandwith...