AT&T installing new backbone up the mountain

AT&T is installing a new fiber optic backbone up Raven Road.  This should significantly improve both phone and DSL Quality of Service (QOS) for everyone in the east Glassy and the "top of Glassy" areas.  However, DSL speed is most dependent on the distance between the receiver/switch equipment and your computer.  Elsewhere in this blog I provide some information on this:  link.  Here's the issue.  AT&T is not moving the receiver/switch equipment.  This may or may not be a problem.  The best situation for Glassy is to locate a receiver/switch box at the corner of Raven and Eagle Rock, near the wellness center.  A connect box is going to be placed there, but no switches.

My point is that for those on the East side of the mountain the service remains from the two existing boxes, one at the bottom and one at the top of the mountain.  We need to determine if there is a business case for providing a switch box at the Raven and Eagle Rock.

One important thing you can do is run a speed test to make sure you are getting what you pay for... or to see if you can upgrade to a faster service.  The "tester" AT&T uses is speedtest.net.

For reference, your plan should provide:

Plan	Download Speed (Mbps)… up to	Upload Speed (Kbps)… up to
Xtreme 6.0	6.0	512
Xtreme	3.0	384
Ultra	1.5	256
Lite	.77	128

The "kicker" is the "up to" phrase.  I'd be firm on them providing the speeds listed.  Please let me know if you are not getting the speed you are paying for.  I'll put this together for a business case.