Why is my Dsl connection so slow?

Question

I had Charter cable's 10 meg service and was getting 1.5-1.7 meg on the speakeasy speed test.I switched over to Embarq/Sprint 5 meg Dsl and my speeds are 1.1 meg.I have checked my Pc over good,ran anti-virus and spyware scanners,defragged the hd,got rid of temp files and cookies.I also run a program called System mechanic 7 that says my pc is good to go.
The tech service guy at Embarq told me I should be seeing at least 3.0 megs on my speed test,but Iam not even getting half of that.I do have a filter on the line going into the dsl modem.What could be wrong ????

Answer 1

The way DSL works is that they have repeating stations to amplify the signal and move it along at a high speed. The further away you are from this station, the slower it gets. The result is that the first house on the line is super fast, and the last quite slow. It is very possible you are at the end of the line, and if this is the case there is little you can do about it, except look at another means for your high speed connection.

Answer 2

One thing you might check is each phone must have a filter installed between the phone and the wall jack. The are 2 plugs on the filter one for the phone, one goes to the DSL modem. Each phone/ DSL line must use a filter. Look carefully, they can be plugged in either way and if one or more phones or the DSL is plugged in the wrong side it will ruin your DSL speed. Also these fiters can go bad. Try unhooking each filter from the wall plug and rechecking speed. I think you are limited to installing 4 filters.
http://help.sbcglobal.net/article.php?item=13

Internet Speed tweaks:
http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/dfuetweaker_e.htm
http://www.dslreports.com/drtcp

Full tests:
http://www.pcpitstop.com/
http://www.pcpitstop.com/store/optimize.asp

I f your speed is still slow call your DSL provider to test the speed at the main house jack and at your computer.

Answer 3

contact ur service provider..