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Review by prestonc See Profile

  • Location: Rutherfordton, Rutherford, NC, USA
  • Cost: $73 per month
  • Install: about 5 days
Only broadband available in my area.
Horrible latency and 50% reduction in throughput during peak hours.
Avoid Northland if you are a gamer or want to stream HD video consistently.
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Service from Northland in the Rutherfordton, NC area is heavily over sold. On a daily basis from 6PM to 2AM latency goes from about 15ms to 100-200ms to my cable modem's first hop, packet loss is >10%, and throughput is reduced by half or more. I pay for 24Mbp/s downstream but regularly get less than 10Mbp/s from various speed test sites. Casual web browsing even seems slow during peak hours. I have been told this area is having a capacity upgrade. I have been told the upgrade will take about 3 weeks, which they are about 2 weeks too late on so far. I've been graphing latency and packet loss from my home connection and the results match my experience.

I do not recommend this ISP for people who want a consistent Internet connection.

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ke4pym
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join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC

ke4pym

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On the other side of the county

The up time and speeds are pretty consistent.

Parents subscribe to the 12/1 plan and they're always within that range and they have minimal down times.

A couple of down times this year were caused by telephone poles running out into the middle of the street and getting hit.

Price leaves a lot to be desired. I pay $69 for 50/5 (going to 100/20 in 2015) via TWC. They pay $67 for 12/1.