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mark3748@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Back in the day we used to hack cable modems to uncap the speed. Most of the time, and even more so now, the limits are artificial and a quick call can upgrade your service.

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Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
A quick call and usually a larger sum of money.

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- mark3748@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah, that part too
  
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Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I know. That’s why I specifically mentioned ADSL, which unlike cable has limitations end users can’t override due to how it’s implementated at the exchange

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- mark3748@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  ADSL is provisioned similarly. You can just re-provision and up the speed beyond your current service level.
  
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  - Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yup but the speed is rate limited on the telco end by literal codes implemented at the exchange. The issue is have is with end users shown blithely ‘flipping a switch’ to increase their ADSL speed on the fly. I literally used to program the AXIS codes for bigpond, you can’t override that shit from the user end
    
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    Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Movie users are simply built different and have the switch patched in all the way from their house to the exchange.
    
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