Windstream DSL speeds still slower than cable broadband

Windstream Bumps Upstream DSL Speeds [Broadband Reports]

In an announcement that's so 2004, Windstream recently announced that it is upgrading the upstream speed of its DSL service from 384 kbps to 768 kbps. That means their customers will still be uploading slower than any of Insight's cable broadband customers, with speeds of 1 Mbps and 1.5 Mbps for Broadband 10.0 and 20.0 respectively. Broadband Reports indicates that the upgrade is not yet complete, so some number of unfortunate Windstream DSL users are still surfing at a speed below what the FCC designates as "Basic Broadband."

Windstream's downstream speeds still will plod along at 3 Mbps and 6 Mbps.

As I've written here before, DSL is a technology that consumers are fleeing en masse to cable broadband because it's very difficult for the phone company to upgrade DSL speeds beyond a certain threshold. One of the limiting factors of DSL speeds is the distance a customer's home is located from the phone company. The further a DSL connection is away from the network hub, the slower the connection speed will be due to line noise.

Looking at the comments in the Broadband Reports post, it appears that Windstream's customers agree that 768 kbps upstream is still the Internet's slow lane.

Comments

[Kendall]

In Lexington, KY I have the Business Broadband package and it's speeds are only 386Kbps Upstream, and 4Mbps Downstream (http://www.insightbusiness.com/sm_data_services.php)

Will Insight be upgrading all of those plans to at least 1Mbps upstream - to match the Broadband 10.0 speeds?

I hate to go to my office and realize that my home broadband (through Insight) is much faster, and that I'm paying less for it at home too.