nho
join:2006-07-01
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| [Connectivity] Extremely Slow Upload Speed in Ft.Lauderdale Area
In last 2 days I have very poor upload speed, connected to Atlanta Server the upload tests showed 30kbp or below! The download tests were between 8 and 12mb. Using New York City server, the download fell to 6, and upload was 40.
Doing a 100 iteration ping on both IP addresses, I have 10% packet loss.
During conversation with Comcast tech support, I lost connection. He also saw that happened. At the end, an appointment is set up for coming Friday afternoon 6/01.
Anyone in the nearby areas has experienced such?
I was out of town for the whole month of April, and read some of you actually received the Powerboost in Sunrise and Ft. Lauderdale as well. In my area, the speed actually got much worse than what I had in March |
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ludeboy12
join:2004-04-07
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Re: [Connectivity] Extremely Slow Upload Speed in Ft.Lauderdale
this month has been complete crap as far as both up/down speeds.
i remember having upload powerboost for maybe all of a week but thats gone now. or the network is just so messed up here its not reflecting it. |
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nho
join:2006-07-01
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| I looked up the snapshot of my modem, and notice the downstream power level has dropped to 5 dBmV - it was in the 7 to 10 in the past. This could be my problem.
Last July I had problems so bad it took 4 truck rolls and finally a Supervisor himself called and came - they all know it was related to line issues but for whatever reasons they were unable to have it fixed until finally the Supervisor got involved. They later sent a senior tech to follow up and further verified something was not reading right and had nothing to do with the set-up indoor or at the Condo box. After a very frustrating month and a half, they fixed it and the Supervisor initiated a one-month credit refund to my bill.
I sure hope this time is not a repeat of last year's nightmare - we are not even in our usual storm/hurricane season yet and there is no rain (we need it badly though). |
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chia
join:2003-12-20
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to nho
My speeds have been fine here in Sunrise, although I seem to no longer have upload Powerboost. 
There was an outage here a few nights ago for a couple of hours, not sure if that's when I lost it. Bring back my U-boost!
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nho
join:2006-07-01
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| Hi,
Can you tell me where to check the speed like yours?
I used the Speakeasy site, which was the site used by those Comcast techs when they came for their service calls.
My latest reading using the Atlanta server shows 17ish and only 91kbp download!
A Comcast guy just called to verify whether I still needed the service. Of course I need it. |
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Ripper
Premium
join:2002-02-07
West Palm Beach, FL | This is the test your looking for. »/speedtest |
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shfawaz
join:2005-10-30
Fort Lauderdale, FL | reply to nho
I'm in Plantation and the upload speeds are ridiculously low for the past few days. Download speeds come and go. My VOIP lines are unusable. |
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jagged
join:2003-07-01
Boynton Beach, FL | reply to nho
indeed
upload has been wacky for me too
that
and 248ms pings to Orlando
streaming video has become impossible |
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jakirk
Premium
join:2002-07-21
Fort Lauderdale, FL
|  I have been monitoring speeds in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and this thread may be of interest to you.
»[Connectivity] Comparison of Comcast with BellSouth in Ft. Laude
I am located off of Bayview just south of the Oakland Park Bridge and am at the end of the street on the ICW. |
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nho
join:2006-07-01
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to nho
The upload speed improved to 200 kbp range this morning. I am sure when the tech comes this afternoon he would say there is not an issue! Happens so many times that is frustrating, that soon after the tech visit, it would revert to the slow-crawl.
There is definitely no Powerboost in where I am - at Tamarac/Lauderhill area. |
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