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 yockTFTCPremium
join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
kudos:3 | Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell has been solid for me for going on 3 years now. My review of this ISP can be found here.
Hopefully some more Cincinnati Bell users will find their way here!
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 | yockTFTCPremium
join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
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Also make sure your POTS filters are going the proper direction on all of your telephones in the house.
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But I also have another problem. I have two lines run into my house. Each line is a twisted pair. On the second twisted pair I have a voice and a dsl signal. Everytime I get a phone call or even make a phone call the modem loses connection and the WAN light flashes for about 30 secs.
They come Monday to try and figure this out. I think either a bad dsl modem or possibly they will need a full dsl/pots splitter on my line, or worse interference/crosstalk from the other phone line. | |
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| | | | Re: Anybody have 1536/768 Because I did the Self-install I missed something. The phone company use to use a MTU (maintenance testing unit) for line testing and this was causing all my connection problems when I received or dialed my phone. Talking to the tech who came out to remove the MTU, he told me that the unit almost always causes problems.
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| yockTFTCPremium
join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
kudos:3 | I had these testing units on my line as well. They were causing disconnects whenever someone picked up the phone. Since they removed them about 2 years ago I haven't had a problem since.
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join:2000-12-07
Strongsville, OH | ping trouble with fuse Anyone have zoomtown with fuse dsl? I got it today because I saw the excellent pings friends were getting. Well, my pings are terrible. I ping 50 to my gateway, which gives me a ping of 70-90 to servers that my friends who also have zoomtown/fuse ping 20 to. Can some of you ping and post trace routes to the following servers? It would help alot.
oh and please post if you have the 768/384 or 1.5/768 service.
69.12.83.246
66.208.96.53
66.239.135.20
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| yockTFTCPremium
join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
kudos:3 | Re: ping trouble with fuse There's little to be done about your ping to first hop. Best thing to do is call support and fight your way to someone in the upper tier. If enough people on your node are complaining about this, then perhaps they'll take steps to fix it.
It also can't hurt to run the site connection tweaks. It won't fix ping times, unless you're experiencing packet loss due to packets dropped on your end. This may be a problem if you were previously configured for Dial-Up internet service.
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| yockTFTCPremium
join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
kudos:3 | Re: Cisco 675 Problems I haven't been experiencing any connectivity problems lately. Is the Cisco modem itself losing connection (green WAN link light going from solid to blinking) or is the modem staying trained and your computer is losing connection? Do you have any specific error messages?
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If its the WAN light...its not your network card.
I just worked on a customer who had the same symptoms you did..except theirs just stopped working completely..it was a bad router. | |
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join:2002-06-16
Cincinnati, OH | Zoomtown Upgrade! Can't believe no one has mentioned it yet. Zoomtown's being upgraded to 3Mbps  Current 768Kbps customers still retain their $41.95/month payment and current 1.5Mbps customers monthly paymet is lowered to $41.95.
Awesome! Can't wait for the upgrade. Should easily get over 300k/sec since I already reach close to the max transfer rate on our 768Kbps connection (which means line conditions are good and I'm relatively close to the CO). | |
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| yockTFTCPremium
join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
kudos:3 | Re: Zoomtown Upgrade! My dad mentioned to me a speed hike last night. We ordered an upgrade to the 1.5 service that seemed to never go through, so he just suspected that we had been upgraded. I suppose he was mistaken! | |
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Or better yet do they know which areas are being upgraded first? And also will 3.0/768 be the max for everyone or can we upgrade that upload speed?
Cincy is going to upgrade the upstream to 1.5mbs next year. | |
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| | | | | Re: Zoomtown Upgrade! Where did you find that they will upgrade the upload to 1.5 next year? | |
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Where did you find that they will upgrade the upload to 1.5 next year?
A bird said so...I have a friend that works @ bell. | |
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said by RumpShaka:
Where did you find that they will upgrade the upload to 1.5 next year?
A bird said so...I have a friend that works @ bell.
you know if they plan on bring hyperspeed back next yr with speed around 4-6mbit/1.5? | |
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- Posted February 17, 2004.
You asked for more speed, we're giving you more speed! Soon, the speed of your ZoomTown service will increase to up to 3Mbps! Yes, we more than doubled the speed for ALL ZoomTown customers. This includes all levels of ZoomTown service - the basic 768Kbps service as well as the 1.5Mbps HyperSpeed service. Very soon, all ZoomTown subscribers will enjoy speeds up to 3Mbps!
We are in the process of upgrading the entire ZoomTown network to increase the speed in which you surf the Net, making your blazing broadband connection more powerful, more convenient and more fun. You'll get where you're going faster, download music or videos more quickly, play online games and send and receive email with greater speed than ever before.
The best part is, there's no price increase, nothing for you to download or install; the speed increase is automatic. The giant leap in speed is seamless and will occur over night!
This is direct from »broadband.zoomtown.com
Another quote from their FAQ's page
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What are we doing to increase your speed?
We are upgrading our entire Network to make your ZoomTown service even faster. All the work is being performed by our Network team so there's nothing for you to do. You will receive an email notification from us 48 hours before your service upgrade. On your scheduled date, we'll make the necessary changes to the network during the night and you'll wake up to an even faster ZoomTown connection the very next morning.
When will my speed increase take affect?
Over the next few weeks we will be upgrading our network for everyone. We anticipate completing the entire upgrade by the end of the 2nd week of March. We will send you an email approximately 48 hours before your scheduled date and let you know when your service will be upgraded. There's nothing for you to do, nothing to download, nothing to install. Just enjoy the increased speed!
Will this speed increase cost more?
Absolutely Not! We're increasing your speed, but not the price. The regular price for ZoomTown remains $41.95 and the discount package prices will also remain unchanged - including our new You Add, We Subtract bundles that include ZoomTown. In fact, if you add additional Cincinnati Bell products and Services, your ZoomTown Bill each month may even cost less than it does now.
I have ZoomTown's 1.5Mpbs HyperSpeed, how will my service and price be affected?
This speed increase affects HyperSpeed customers as well. We are doubling your speed from 1.5Mbps to up to 3Mbps. Even better news - your price for your ZoomTown service is going to be lowered to $41.95 per month! Talk about a great deal - faster speed and lower price! In fact, if you take advantage of our new You Add, We Subtract bundles that include ZoomTown and purchase additional Cincinnati Bell products and Services, your ZoomTown Bill each month may even cost less than it does now!
Will I have to download anything or install any new software?
No. We are doing all the work on the network side. Your speed increase will take place overnight on your scheduled date. There's nothing for you to do, nothing to install, nothing to download. You'll wake up the next morning and your ZoomTown service will be faster than ever before.
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| yockTFTCPremium
join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
kudos:3 | They upgraded to compete with the offerings of Roadrunner. If they can maintain the 768 upload speed on the entire network, I think Cincinnati Broadband may be in for some healthy competition, sometihng we've yet to see. | |
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join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
kudos:3 | Re: Zoomtown Upgrade! said by RumpShaka:
What upload speed does Roadrunner offer?
384kb is the last I heard. | |
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| | | | | | Re: Zoomtown Upgrade! ya its only 384 k upload by the way could anyone tell me when they r gonna be upgradeing crosbys and around harrisons speed | |
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| | | Yeah my connection is rock solid now!
I'm running at 2599/660 me so likey likey!!! | |
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| | DeathKPremium
join:2002-06-16
Cincinnati, OH | Re: Zoomtown Upgrade! quote:
Yeah my connection is rock solid now!
I'm running at 2599/660 me so likey likey!!!
Yours is already upgraded? Damn. I live in Madeira and mine hasn't been touched yet...  | |
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| | | | | Re: Zoomtown Upgrade! my connection got upgraded but its not going to 3 mbits its only going to 1.0 mbits and 512k upload so the guy on wedesnday is gonna come and fix it :D | |
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Yeah my connection is rock solid now!
I'm running at 2599/660 me so likey likey!!!
Damn, i also live in loveland but still have not gotten upgraded yet. Did you get an email before they upgraded you as it says in the FAQ? i have not received an email yet either. | |
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| | | | | Re: Zoomtown Upgrade! Nope....No email like they stated....Modem just turned off at about 11:30 at night and then about 10 mins later. I had the upgrade. | |
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| yockTFTCPremium
join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
kudos:3 | I tried ordering Zoomtown for my new apartment Saturday and was told it isn't even available where I live. humph!! | |
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| | | | Re: Zoomtown Upgrade! Ah that sucks I got my upgrade today. 2654 down and 674 up after test | |
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| | | | | Re: Zoomtown Upgrade! damn i am in cininnati and i still havent got the upgrade.
right now i am at 1320/703 | |
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| | | | Re: Zoomtown Upgrade! i have one but no upgrade. but i think things will be fine cause u can just call them after match 14th and tell them to fix your speeds. i've been with zoomtown for 5 yrs and in that time frame i've had 2 other upgrades. 384/96 to 768/384 then 768/384 to 1.5/768. but i had to call to get my upgrades on both of those : (.
anyways i think we r very luck to have such a awesome provider thats offering 3mbit/768kbit for only $40 a month. i know speak easy had the 3mbit/768 but they want $100 a month lmao, theres sbc that offers 6mbit/608 for $45 but i read that there going to get rid of that plan and make a 1.5-3mbit/384 for $45 a month instead. | |
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join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
kudos:3 | said by newt182:
Does anyone who has been upgraded have the Cisco 675?
My dad does, and his speed has been rather impressive. | |
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| | | | | Re: Zoomtown Upgrade! Got the email from Zoomtown today. 48 hours i should be upgraded. woohoo! | |
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| | | This is my first post here but, has anyone noticed a lot of packet loss and high pings since they got the upgrade. I was upgraded last tuesday and since then I havent really been able to play any online games without major lag. | |
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This is my first post here but, has anyone noticed a lot of packet loss and high pings since they got the upgrade. I was upgraded last tuesday and since then I havent really been able to play any online games without major lag.
have u tried the speed test? maybe they have u trained really slow. | |
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| | | | | Re: Zoomtown Upgrade! Test 1 2388/787 kbps
Test 2 2375/785 kbps
Test 3 2336/773 kbps
These are from last week, all from diffrent test sites on here.
My line quality tests usually fail with 97-99% packet loss.
I'm currently at work so this is the best I can do. | |
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| | | I called cinergy and they said they didnt know when it would be in my area. So if anyone gets it let us know how it is. Right now I'm happy with my zoomtown upgrade, except for the line quality tests. | |
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| DeathKPremium
join:2002-06-16
Cincinnati, OH | Got off the phone with tech support again (called twice). This time I was able to get somewhat useful answers. The first guy mentioned that a problem with the higher speed could be arising since I don't have filters on each individual phone. What I have set up is one filter on the incoming phone line. The line is then split up into all the lines for around the house. Hasn't caused any problems with the 768 connection speed. The guy credited five filters to the account and I can pick them at the nearest Cincinnati Bell store (about a mile away).
However, I don't think that could be the issue. I disconnected all but one phone in the house and hooked up a filter to the one phone. I called tech support again and explained all of this and to get the guy to try the higher speed again. He tried, but it still didn't want to train at the highest speed. I was watching my Cisco Commander on my puter here while he was doing it and I saw a few different number combinations: 952 up (again)/400 something down, 1028 down/600 something up, etc. He said if it's not the phones here cuasing the issue then it may just be my distance from the CO is too far (which I highly doubt since I live right next to a large business district). He's sending the problem to the repair guys to have them run a line test. If they run into an actual problem they'll call, but if they don't I can call back in the evening to get the results, ie. if I'm too far from the CO.
This is getting tiring. I just want mah speed Anyone else using the Commander software.. what's your line quality under Link say? Mine's 28db. | |
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| | 3mbit upgrade and distance from co hey could anyone with 3mbit upgrade tell me how far there way from the co? i am between 10,000-11,000 ft away and i haven't got the upgrade yet, my speeds r 1300/700 about. | |
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| | | Re: 3mbit upgrade and distance from co I'm only about 1,500 ft away and I am only getting between 2 and 2.2 down and 768+ upload | |
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| | | If you aren't paying for hyperspeed - then that IS probably the upgrade | |
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| | Any Plans for Hyperspeed? Anyone have a clue if zoomtown plans on offering something like a hyperspeed tier. Right now I'm fairly happy with my 2500/700. Thanks | |
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| | | Re: Any Plans for Hyperspeed? it be sweet if they offered 4/1 for 60 a month. | |
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| | | I'd pay 60 for 4/1.......but lets only hope for more!!!!!! | |
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| | | | Re: Any Plans for Hyperspeed? 6/1.5 for $60 amonth that be the best | |
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| | | I'm kinda suprised no one else is posting. Someone has to know something about what they plan to do in the near future, especially since cinergy will be entering the game claiming 3/3...... | |
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| | | | Re: Any Plans for Hyperspeed? 3/3 maybe but that uploads seems kinda high i bet it will be 3/1 for $40 a month. i might get it when it comes out here in delhi but dunno much about powerline : (. faster speeds r not always better theres also other factor that r important stability/tech support/being able to have internet with multi pcs aswell. | |
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| | Anyone getting 3mbps? I'm curious what everyone else is getting, the best I can muster is 2600 (damn overhead), and I barely ever see that. My average is about 2300....they should change there website from (up to 3mbps to 2.5 mbps). Also I'm only about 1200 feet from CO/RT. | |
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| | | Re: Another Zoomtown network upgrade possible How did you get that speed? | |
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join:2002-06-16
Cincinnati, OH | Re: Another Zoomtown network upgrade possible Next March? LOL!
Even if this was true it wouldn't help me out one bit. I still live too far away from the CO to even get 2Mbps. Bumping it up to over 5Mbps is going to alienate even more people due to their distances. | |
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| | | | | Re: Another Zoomtown network upgrade possible CBT (Cincinnati Bell Telephone) is looking into doing a 6 meg tier. Approval looks very likely, as Roadrunner in the area (Cincy-NKY) is looking into running a similar "xtreme" tier. | |
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| | | Sounds good for the people that live close to the CO. | |
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| | | | Re: Another Zoomtown network upgrade possible hopfully a 6mbit/1.5mbit tier for $60 a month : ) | |
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| | Cinergy BPL they have prices up at www.current.net $39.95 for 3/3 seems like I good deal, if anyone has it or knows someone who has it please post some speeds. | |
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DeathKPremium
join:2002-06-16
Cincinnati, OH | This is getting out of hand I'm sure a number of you remember the issues I've gone through with my connection and Cincinnati Bell (look at the Zoomtown upgrade topic if you don't).
Well, it's been a few months since the connection increase and my speed has been getting progressively worse over this time. It's like they could care less about the maintaining of their equipment on their end, or the line quality has gone to hell and back. It was bad enough I couldn't even pull 1.5Mbps download speeds after the "upgrade", but now I'm pulling speeds nearing the old speed (ie. less than 800kbps). Speed tests reveal speeds less than 100k/sec, actual download speeds are in the low 100's or less. This is absolutely pathetic.
I know if I call tech support up and bitch them out about this that the problem's not going to really get solved. They may do something on their end, but then it's just going to get worse again. I really hope they haven't resorted to secretly throttling download speeds.
As much as I dislike cable I really wouldn't mind switching over to it at this point in time. At least I'd get decent download speeds (with the business package from Road Runner at my work I've seen download speeds of over 300k/sec.. average is around 250k/sec). However, my dad detests the cable company for some reason and will not ever get it again (we had cable TV a long time ago).
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| | | Re: This is getting out of hand cable isn't bad at all, in cincinnati there r 3 diff cable services that offer 3mbits download for $45 a month normal price. theres adelphia, roadrunner, and theres earthlink. i think u should try to convince your dad to switch somehow, couse cable has a much faster download speed than what u have now my friend gets 2.9 mbits download speed with roadrunner while i am getting about 2.6 with zoomtown. cable has serious advantages over dsl, with cable u can live over 30 or 50 miles away from your co and still get near capped speeds. but with dsl if u live more than 13 or 15k feet from the co or have crappy lines your speeds maybe much slower than the caps. | |
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join:2002-06-16
Cincinnati, OH | Re: This is getting out of hand Speeds are almost back to normal now. Fuse speed test is back over a megabit (even if just barely) and the Zoomtown speed test with the zip file is hovering around 130k/sec (as opposed to 90 or less). Haven't tried any real outside downloads yet.
Earlier today I saw a CBT guy down at the junction box at the end of the block. He might have been doing some maintenance, I'm not completely sure. Anyway, I'm a bit happier now and I hope it stays like this instead of going downhill again. | |
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join:2004-08-13
Cincinnati, OH | How to get DL/UL speed? title say it all..
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| | New Westell ADSL modem B90-211010-04
Thats pretty obivously WESTELL is the one causing such BS and waste my time to figure what the heck wrong with it..
Btw I'm not Verizon Online DSL customer, I notice VOL customer have WESTELL modem.. and I don't have PPPoE.. thank god!
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| | ZT tech support If anyone here is having problems with their Zoomtown connection feel free to message me. I will help out as best I can. | |
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| | | Re: ZT tech support No problems but how did you get the speed?? Most I get out of my westel is 2300/400 | |
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| | | | Re: ZT tech support I work for Cincinnati Bell in the help desk dept.
I'm beta testing new provisioning.
Sorry you won't get these speeds till we fully move to ADSL2+ | |
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Are you guys throttling certain ports? I know when I use Bit Torrent to download my game patches I have to use the transparent proxy that you guys have us on, and I even open ports on my router to allow traffic through. It seems though that I still have issues with the speed on certain trackers. I know I have everything setup correctly on my end and I'm sure the tracker im going to is ok because one of my friends runs it. Any info you can give me yes or no I would appreciate. Thanks. | |
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| | | | Re: ZT tech support I know of no ports that are throttled by us, however a few are blocked.
23,445,5000,37737 and 31137 to name a few.
What is your isp? I'm assuming you are using fuse. However you can also use one.net (previously nuvox). I know they don't block 445, and the leet ports, plus a static ip from them is $14.95 last I checked. If you had a static ip then you would bypass the whole DSLAM to VRF to NRP crap that causes VPN issues. (Not that it is crap put NAT (network address translation) can cause problems with a few things, VPN to name one and the NAT might be what is causing your issue with certain trackers. | |
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| | | | | Re: ZT tech support I found my problem. I had a old version of the torrent client I was using. Fuse kicks ass out here, i've got no problems with them. I do have to specify the transparent proxy's IP in the torrent client before the torrent will take off and fly but that's not too bad of an issue. You don't know why the transparent proxy's IP changes like every 2 or 3 days do you? Not a gripe, just curious. Thanks for you reply man. I appreciate it sir. | |
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| | Can't access zoomtown mail from out of town! I have been trying every way I can think of to log on to the zoomtown home page from Ky so that I can check my e-mail. I have not been successful. If there indeed is a way to access from out of town, it needs to be more obvious. I will be changing to a more user-friendly mail service when I get home. What am I paying for? | |
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| | | Re: Can't access zoomtown mail from out of town! go to www.fuse.net
click on check mail and login. | |
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Unfortunately, Cinergy's BoP offering is not currently available to anyone with underground wiring, as per their response to my query.
Zoomtown's 768kb upload looks attractive; assuming I place an order, what can I do to insure I maximize my upload speed (even if it means trading off againt download speed)?
I already plan to use a 'whole house' splitter just after my SNI to minimize house wiring impact. Should I request a particular modem? Would I be better off with a CAP based modem (cisco), or one of the DMT based modems? And which modem(s) will support the upcoming upgrades?
As I understand it, the number of subbands used for up vs down is fixed with DMT modems, and DMT modems have higher latency due to the complex DSP algorithms?? Conversly, the DMT modems always operate in bridge mode, whereas the cisco's include built-in NAT/PAT support??
FYI, my current intention is to get a static IP; does this decision have any ramifications for modem choice or speed?
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Well that's my speedtest and it has been like this for a few months now. I e-mailed technical support and they told me that my line looked ok.
It really bothers me that I'm getting these speed when my package is 3Mbps/768Kbps. I'm happy with upload. It usually is around 600~.
I don't want to switch to cable and there isn't any other options that I have unless BPL comes through (in terms of cost). | |
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