DSL HN <GeoffT@datacom.co.nz> wrote:

>> > 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?

It matters a lot if the system decides that the line is dead and it should
restart it. All your apps stop for the duration of the restart, and depending
on the system's behaviour, all the error correction in the world may not help
them continue afterwards.

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Tom Parker - tom@carrott.org
           - http://www.carrott.org
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