So I just noticed that my 1.5Mbit package from Centurylink (formerly Embarq) is no longer syncing at 1760/288, but for the first time in like +6 years its been upped to 1760/576. I did nothing to initiate this as of recent, but I have tried and failed years back. The switch happened Sept 29th, which was a Friday in the early morning. I only figured it out now two weeks later as my router is set up for QoS at old upload rate instead of the newest rate, so the router was limiting me. Only when I happened to log into the modem did I see.
I know that Qwest, Centurytel, and Embarq all kind of do their own thing with setting sync speeds for the same packages. In my experience with Embarq they would over provision the download side to allow for DSL FEC overhead and giving the user their listed download speeds. So I get 1.5Mbit download speed on my 1.5Mbit package.
But they are also know for their garbage upload rates which they tend to like to hide, as they say nothing about it online their site. It's been pretty bad to live with, making this out of the blue doubling of the sync rate great but also puzzling. As I don't believe they did anything on my phone line to improve it but simply changed a value at the DSLAM in the CO (which I am connected to, not remote) to double the upload rate and utilize unused bandwidth that has been there all these years. I also have around a Mbit of unused bandwidth on the download side which Centurylink does not seem to care to give me for the $60 I already spend but one day at a time.
I know Centurylink took CAF 2 money from the FCC for my area, so this bump might have something to do with it. But CAF 2 requires 1Mbit upload and I'm now currently at 0.5Mbit, and my current line has no home of 1Mbit up. So I don't know what is up.
A snap shot of my recent sync history on my modem for the curious. FYI most of the CRC/FEC errors are from thunderstorms.
https://i.imgur.com/LH74C4Q.png
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