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<title>DSL down in NY and CA</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22647286</link>
<description><![CDATA[I called them and was told so and expected to be fixed by 7am EST. That's a long time. 

Good thing DSLR is light enough for dial-up. My bank's top page takes like ten minutes to load. 

I guess I'll watch TV tonight.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-07-02 20:52:34</pubDate>
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<title>OK stats, but frequent loss of sync</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626448</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hi,

Good stable line for a few years until 2-3 months ago.  I compared my stats from two years ago and nothing has really changed, and in fact the downstream noise margin has improved.  Now getting very frequent loss of sync usually requiring modem power-cycle to restore (many times a day).  No chnages to inside wiring.

Can changing to GDMT mode make things more stable?

Is the "other" Earthlink Zyxel ADSL2+ modem (P660R-D1) more stable with a marginal line like mine?

Here are the current stats:

Earthlink ISP (LPV)
Telesurfer 1.5/384

2005 Zyxel P660R-ELNK stats from NID today:
noise margin upstream: 25 db
output power downstream: 16 db 
attenuation upstream: 38 db

noise margin downstream: 14-17 db (range of multiple tests)
output power upstream: 11 db 
attenuation downstream: 62 db

CPU Load: 0.26%
Upstream Speed: 383 kbps
Downstream Speed: 1532 kbps

Zyxel normally in bridge mode.

14k feet to CO according to ATT info.

Speed tests from SpeakEasy servers today:
Download Speed: 1295 kbps (161.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 319 kbps (39.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

This was my original success story a few years ago (post now too old to add to):

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18475194-General-interpreting-Zyxel-diagnostic-numbers]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-06-29 00:56:05</pubDate>
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<title>Have 1.5/384 service but down speed at 450.</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22641228</link>
<description><![CDATA[Started a day ago(sometime at night). My 1.5/384 service's down speeds dropped to around 435-450, my up is the correct speed though. In the Beaverton, OR area. Wondering if there's been an outage or a server reset?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-07-01 18:02:32</pubDate>
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<title>Earthlink usenet bandwidth limit reinstated?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636691</link>
<description><![CDATA[I just got this error message today when using earthlink usenet services:

"username has exceeded monthly bandwidth limits"

Since when did earthlink reinstate their quota???!

--update--

Earthlink did not reinstate any quotas for usenet usage. I had the support rep reset my download history. hopefully they will resolve the issue by tomorrow.

Anyone else running into this?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-06-30 20:00:17</pubDate>
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<title>connecting to internet</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22589275</link>
<description><![CDATA[I had a windows XP computer.  Any major changes (like running the recovery console) would require me to enter my EL userid and password (as I did when I first signed up with EL).  That system was getting "flaky", so I bought a new computer running windows Vista.  I plugged my ZyXel 660 dsl modem into the new system, clicked IE icon and was immediately connected to the internet.  I did not have to enter any EL specific info, I did not have to run any IP setup stuff.
How am I connecting without telling EL what my userid and password are?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-06-22 00:31:10</pubDate>
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<title>new provisioning question..</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22597170</link>
<description><![CDATA[I'm actually finally getting around to replying to this old thread ( http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21745689 ). I keep forgetting to pull my DSL numbers and post them.. Well I'm stuck at home today and actually remembered I wanted to do this, so here we go:

New numbers:

http://dreamcycle.net/images/modemvz_02.jpg
http://dreamcycle.net/images/modemvz_03.jpg
http://dreamcycle.net/images/modemvz_04.jpg
http://dreamcycle.net/images/modemvz_06.jpg

Old numbers ( previous provisioning )

http://dreamcycle.net/images/modem01.jpg
http://dreamcycle.net/images/modem02.jpg
http://dreamcycle.net/images/modem03.jpg
http://dreamcycle.net/images/modem04.jpg

So, Doctor Olds, any thoughts on the new numbers? 

I'm getting 1.5/768 pretty reliably these days and the connection NEVER drops, like it use to at least once a day... But I wouldn't mind 3.0 now that I use XBMC to stream a lot of video.. :)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-06-23 13:40:43</pubDate>
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<title>[Speed Problem] EL DSL Speed Woes</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22579718</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hi guys, new here.

I'm using Earthlink DSL, which is advertising speeds up to 1.5 Mbps.
About 2 weeks ago, something happened to my service; when I ran the Speed Test off of Speakeasy, I was getting ~200 kbps. I ended up calling Earthlink, and they were able to "bump" my speed up to ~600 kbps over the phone. What's the deal with that? How are they able to do this without physically checking my line?

I recently ran a TCP optmizier on my computer (WinXP), and now am able to reach ~700 kbps.

My upload seems about right, I'm at around 300 kbps, although I'm not sure what the advertised upload rate is.

What I want to know is if I'm getting ripped off here. I'm paying for 1.5 Mbps, but even after optimizing, I can only get ~700 kbps.

Since it was so easy for them to just "bump" up my speed last time, are they holding out on me? Should I call back and ask for another "bump?" Or is it common to receive speeds at less than advertised? In my case I'm getting less than half of what is advertised.

I'm using a ZyXEL 645M modem, with an ASUS WL-520GU router.

Thanks in advance!

Also, here's a link from speedtest.net - 

  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-06-19 17:35:11</pubDate>
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<title>[Home Networking] DSL out after EL maintenance - bridge mode doe</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22548060</link>
<description><![CDATA[There was a planned maintenance by EL in our area on Thursday and our Internet has been out ever since. We have a ZyXEL P-660 DSL modem setup in bridge mode with a Netgear WPN824 wireless router handling PPPoE. All of this was working fine until Thursday. The symptom was that the DSL light on the modem was solid green yet the Internet light on the modem was dark. I futz'd around with things and eventually tried taking the Netgear out of the picture and resetting the ZyXEL back to factory defaults. From there, with the modem acting as a router, everything works fine so I suspect that my line is okay. But, when I use the setup wizard on the modem and set it up for bridge mode (bridge, RFC 1483, LLC, VPI/VCI 0/35) and reconnect the Netgear I'm back to no Internet connection. I've triple checked the login info and general configuration of the Netgear. I've also tried an old D-Link wireless router without luck. 

Anyone with any ideas?

I'm pretty sure my line is okay but just in case, here are my line stats:

noise margin upstream: 16 db
output power downstream: 6 db 
attenuation upstream: 31 db

noise margin downstream: 16 db
output power upstream: 4 db 
attenuation downstream: 46 db

WAN Port Statistics 
  
Link Status: Up  
WAN IP Address: 99.39.14.233 
Upstream Speed: 512 kbps 
Downstream Speed:  1984 kbps 
Node-Link Status TxPkts RxPkts Errors Tx B/s Rx B/s Up Time 
1-PPPoE Up  3091 3148 0 2593 7466 0:38:29 
 
   
   LAN Port Statistics 
  
Interface Status TxPkts RxPkts Collisions 
Interface  10965 9340 0 
 
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<pubDate>2009-06-14 00:42:25</pubDate>
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<title>Got switched from Covad to ATT</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22589262</link>
<description><![CDATA[I suspect that I can't change it back, right?

One of the things that was great with Covad was that if there was a problem, I could go to the tech support forum with line tests, etc.

Is there tech support for Earthlink folks who are using ATT lines?

Is there anything else to note from the switch regarding configurations to optimize performance?  I did a line test and it seems to be of similar performance as before.

At some point I was eventually going to get Uverse for faster speeds whenever ATT gets around to providing that service.

Thanks for any input in advance,

Carey]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-06-22 00:26:40</pubDate>
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<title>[Home Networking] HELP: After switch to ATT from Covad I cannot</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22588538</link>
<description><![CDATA[They switched me from Covad to ATT on Friday. I can connect from my laptop but not from my Zwall 2+ router. The configuration has worked for years. How do I connect through ATt?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-06-21 20:52:08</pubDate>
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