{"id":1552,"date":"2010-11-20T21:45:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-21T02:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2010-11-20T21:46:43","modified_gmt":"2010-11-21T02:46:43","slug":"best-att-dsl-modem-for-difficult-conditons-2wire-2701","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/20\/best-att-dsl-modem-for-difficult-conditons-2wire-2701\/","title":{"rendered":"Best AT&T DSL modem for difficult conditons: 2Wire 2701"},"content":{"rendered":"

We recently moved to a new house that is far from the central office, and apparently is served by some very old copper. AT&T’s computer system refused to sell us any DSL plans faster than 1.5 Mb\/sec, as the lines wouldn’t support any faster speed.<\/p>\n

I have tried using three different DSL modems at this house. In order of age and success:<\/p>\n

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  1. Westell WireSpeed (2200) B90 DSL modem – This modem works at the full 1.5 Mb\/sec speed, for a few hours. Then it gets slower and slower, until it averages 7KB\/sec for downloads. (Uploads remaind at full 0.3 MB\/sec speed). Power cycling the DSL modem fixes the issue and restores full speed for 12 hours or so.<\/li>\n
  2. Motorola Netopia DSL modem – This modem occasionally was able to get full download speeds, but typically would max out at 0.3 MB\/sec (30 KB\/sec) for the download speeds. (Uploads remained at a full 0.3 MB\/sec.) Power cycling the modem did not improve things.<\/li>\n
  3. 2Wire 2701hg-B DSL modem with integrated wifi. This modem was able to maintain the full 1.5 MB\/sec download speeds. Perhaps because it is the newest of the three modems, and has a better DSL chipset.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It was worth purchasing a new DSL modem for this house. (Although the Netopia and WireSpeed modems have both worked fine in other locations.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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