> > Will turning off interleave increase download/upload speeds?
>
> Not enough to make it worthwhile losing the error correction
> it gives on a
> poor line. Interleaving introduces more overhead, and thus
> latency, on your
> DSL connection.
>

Does it matter that much though? What is a typical error rate on a DSL line?

In any case, IP doesnt assume a reliable link. UDP/IP applications should
handle their own error-correction and the TCP/IP protocol handles
error-correction & retransmission automatically. Although you may be looking
at recovery times of <10ms for DSL and >200ms for TCP/IP, I know if I was
gaming I'd prefer to have interleaving off.

Maybe Telecom should give you the choice, depending on what type of service
you're after.

-- 
Geoff Thornburrow
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