Dynamic Subscriber Line - the horror of 128k up
I can not describe the mood I am in right now (says he who almost wants to wreck his room to ever skipping iTunes radio). At the present I wait for an 6 MB mail to go through my line - since 25 minutes - while disrupting a 128k radio downstream as it doesnīt even let return packets get through - oversaturated. We live in the year 2005 crossing over to 2006 soon and I still upload speeds has stayed the same for the last 6 years for me (and no Arcor Alice or whatever A service to be seen near me). Now why can I download at up to 6 MBits and only download in max 256k? Its the same line and there is not a single technical plausible reason why I can not have upload and download speeds in the same category. I am a content producer and I can not use my content - send it out or anything at acceptable speeds - and all this because big companies DO NOT WANT US TO BROADCAST - governments DO NOT WANT US TO BROADCAST. Now I see this as a restriction of freedom of speech (in the limited german form) - heck I would even think that a lawsuit against the german Telekom and maybe even the government who actively supports the "no broadcast" idea would have a chance on winning. Its not about trading illegal music files - its about sending a stupid mail with a short video snippet and some screenshots. Now they are talking about saving all communication I do every day so the government can come back to me when I do something wrong a herculean effort by the ISPs - NOONE is even considering the DSL problem - and I do think its a political one - imagine everyone could broadcast out of his bedroom - society at large would be at danger as they might get exposed to real live stories and ugly pictures of their neighbors. So I pledge to get 6Mbits UP AND DOWN before I call the internet more then a replacement of TV (or even 2.0 as some start to call it). Its a freaking joke and its not funny anymore - did you know that in some places in South Korea they are actively rolling out 10Mbits UP AND DOWN and talking about 100Mbits services soon... Ethernet out of the wall with static IP adress and all. Why canīt it be done in such a "hightech" german culture? But then again they DO NOT WANT US TO BROADCAST and I can only say it more and more often as this seems to be the only reason why I do not get upload speeds at any acceptable rate - any other suggestion is just pure nonesense...