Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? in Earthlink DSL http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19964970 en Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:05:19 EDT Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:05:19 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20354633 DrStrange : Other Covad partner ISPs offer dry loop DSL, if you're willing to pay [considerably] more.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20354633 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:30:00 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20331242 RogerADSL : I thought so, the COVAD/EARTHLINK model is the best they have in place. COVAD depends on EarthLink a great deal more than the ILECs and Cable Monopolies. IF ONLY THEY HAD DRY LOOP! :-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20331242 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:59:40 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20331151 Doctor Olds :
said by RogerADSL See Profile :

Doc, is your line provisioned through Covad or ATT?
Covad ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20331151 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:37:52 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20330844 RogerADSL : Doc, is your line provisioned through Covad or ATT?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20330844 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:32:03 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20320914 Catman51 : My neighbor down stairs, who had another service, and was going to switch to EL, was told she couldn't get DSL with EL, even though at the time 2 of us in the building had it.
I guess her apt. downstairs was not capable of EL DSL, so she went with someone else and it works.
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SteveM]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20320914 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:37:44 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20312315 Doctor Olds :
said by Catman51 See Profile :

Dr. Olds,
We know you stand by Earthlink.
But as I said 6 meg with Elink, music downloaded at half the speed I'm getting with the same service from AT&T.
I never got the speed you are getting with Elink, and I'm close to the station. But I am getting it with AT&T.
So, hell, I'd pay the extra 5 to AT&T (except I don't have to) just because I've found their speed and customer service (which I was on a lot with Elink) are just better.
You don't know my posts that well then as I call it like I see it is when there are problems and I pull no punches for or against EL. My posts in this Forum tearing EL a new hole for their screw ups are easy to find.

However, anyone can have improved service or exactly the same service or even worse service when going directly to AT&T, but it makes one think when dramatic positive changes are seen, what was really the problem when the phone line didn't change, the house didn't move and the CO didn't move, but visibly different and dramatic changes occur none the less. It makes one think that somewhere someone might be involved with sabotage of lines or lines conditions in effort to gain customers from resellers of their services or competing services, but it can't easily be proven when we are outsiders. However changing providers normally has no effect on the top DSL speeds unless *something* was changed that altered the phone lines abilities/capabilities/capacities and we all know that the line distance didn't magically grow shorter. ;)

Then on the other hand you see occasional posts here about people that get EL DSL and they are tickled pink because they were told by AT&T they were not eligible for AT&T DSL or they were too far away for AT&T DSL. Many things go on that are behind the scenes and therefore hidden from end users like you and I, but we do have eyes and brains which give us the ability to see differences happen when they should not occur. o:

I stay with EL for the price and the fact my line is near perfect (could not ask for more, wish the damn electric power here was as reliable :[). In my area, AT&T DSL (formerly Bellsouth) is $46.99 plus extra fees (unless you spend more on the Telco side and bundle added cost features) for what I get for $39.99 normal total rate with EL and I can get it for $29.99 to $34.99 when price matching to old SBC pricing when I'm lucky with a less informed rep. ;)

I wish you all the best with your new service and I hope it meets all your needs.

Regards,

Doctor Olds
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We know you stand by Earthlink.
But as I said 6 meg with Elink, music downloaded at half the speed I'm getting with the same service from AT&T.
I never got the speed you are getting with Elink, and I'm close to the station. But I am getting it with AT&T.
So, hell, I'd pay the extra 5 to AT&T (except I don't have to) just because I've found their speed and customer service (which I was on a lot with Elink) are just better.
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SteveM]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20312188 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:23:27 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20176858 hfhlt004 : Uverse is not available here. Only a couple of outlying areas of Los Angeles have Uverse as of mid-March. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20176858 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:49:39 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20176661 jamez818 : If you have too much trouble with Elink, you might wanna try U-Verse with AT&T. I think its available in SHOK now.
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I have been reading the Roadrunner forums recently and there is grief there about local download speeds of 500K and less. I don't know how consistent this is however, but it is discouraging to anyone who is considering switching to cable. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20129408 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:18:35 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20074464 Doctor Olds :
said by Catman51 See Profile :

I have the Highest AT&T Service, Elite, and it's not going up. $5 cheaper than ELink was, and my downloads are twice as fast for the same service ELink was providing.
You are only repeating pricing info that is in the thread I posted.

»[General] $5 price increase by AT&T starting in March

Instead of having myself repeat what others have posted, I supplied the link where people could just read it for themselves.

I also left out AT&T WorldNet DSL prices.

»dslhelp.att.net/docs/bill/prcpln···orm=none
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AT&T DSL Price Plan Offers:

* AT&T DSL Standard Offer - $39.95 - Up to 1.5Mbps download speed
* AT&T DSL Preferred Plan - $49.95 - Up to 3.0Mbps download speed


As far as the fastest speeds go, I have 6.0/768 tier with Earthlink and the regular price is $39.99 per month and I have it price matched to $29.99 per month.

Regards,

Doctor Olds
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SteveM]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20073918 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:06:02 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20063227 Doctor Olds :
said by hfhlt004 See Profile :

I will assume that Earthlink and AT&T have the same speeds, as they use the same phone line. Is that assumption valid? I have AT&T local phone service.
No. There are a few differences and it depends on who provisions the line, whether the line is in a CO or connected to a Remote Terminal/Remote DSLAM, and of course the lines distance. Plus, In some cases, EL will sell DSL on a line that AT&T says DSL is not available. Then there are the speed differences as AT&T limits Earthlink customers to 3.0 sync rates on their provisioned lines (even if it could connect faster) and Earthlink customers that are close enough to have 6.0 sync rates in AT&T areas are instead provisioned by Covad, but only when the line is connected to a CO (no remotes) that have a Covad DSLAM available.
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said by hfhlt004 See Profile :

I wonder how one finds out if AT&T is better, worse or same for the same address. It is cheaper by about $5, but that is not the most important thing.
AT&T is raising its DSL Rates as you post....

»[General] $5 price increase by AT&T starting in March
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I haven't been brave or masochistic enough to call EL and complain.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20012360 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:08:12 EDT It's back to normal now. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20010361 Ted Franks : Pages loading fast again. Knock on wood! ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20010361 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:40:33 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19966810 SactoGuy101 : Well, at least I'm not alone in slow web browsing problems. Since Friday (February 8, 2008), I've been getting a lot of instances where the EL DNS server seems to not work correctly (switching between web pages has been dog-slow at times. :mad: ). Either somebody is doing a Denial of Service attack on the EL DNS servers or EL's DNS server farm is going on the fritz. :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19966810 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:34:40 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965715 dklr : Are you guys using EL DNS?
I was having similar problems this morning and after running a few ping tests it seemed that the trouble was with he EL DNS. I changed to Open DNS and the problems you guys are describing went away.
Any of the following seem to work:
4.2.2.1,4.2.2.2,4.2.2.3, 208.67.222.222,208.67.220.220]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965715 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:07:16 EDT It's still sloooooooow! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965347 Ted Franks : :mad:

Sometimes it works, but most of the time it is slow or the web sites are "unavailable."]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965347 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:12:07 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965200 anon : I am truly getting sick of EL. This isn't the first time I have been subjected to substandard service and still charged a pretty penny for it. There has got to be something better. I am not impressed. Can't do business this way! :mad: Last time there was a huge outage I was understanding since the storms wreaked havoc everywhere (Dec/Jan). What is the excuse now? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965200 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:47:36 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965178 anon : It's been total crap here in Dallas, too!
Web pages timing out, unable to resolve URL's. Really bad!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965178 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:46:03 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965062 sashwa : I've noticed that. :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965062 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:26:27 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965040 fatness : That Network Status page has been completely uninformative for a long time now. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965040 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:22:11 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965023 sashwa : They use to but they don't seem to keep it updated very well now nor list affected cities any more:

»netstatus.earthlink.net/netstatu···tus.aspx]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965023 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:18:33 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965006 surfboy500 : Uggggg.........more problems this Saturday afternoon in SF Bay area.....cant download any drivers.....keeps blowing up.
Web pages are intermittent.
Does'nt EL publish a list of "expected downtime']]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19965006 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:15:07 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19964970 rovision : So, how long we have to wait until E is addressing this downgrade in service? For the past 3 days I only get about 2.5Mb/300kb. That's when is actually working!
91301/SoCal.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19964970 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:06:54 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19964450 pybarrondo : This has been going on all week long for me in Corona. Brutally slow connection, worse than dial-up. Customer service won't take calls. Recorded message says it'll all be better in an hour, and it never is. It seems to come back but only for five minutes or so, then slow again. There's a major problem, and this kind of customer service is a very bad way to handle it. How about giving people some realistic idea of how bad things are rather than stringing us along. I can't believe I'm paying for this. Unbelievable.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19964450 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:30:40 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19964172 anon : Still terrible response in Los Angeles. Half or more websites won't load, including
»support.earthlink.net/tutorial/dsl/problems/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19964172 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:26:52 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19959697 nikmagid : it looks like it is back working. i can surf normally now. i'll see how long this lasts, though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19959697 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:14:43 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19957423 Ted Franks : Thanks everybody. I was worried my PC had corrupted something in my connection software...

I hope Earthlink hurries up and fixes this cause I got homework to do online.

:mad:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19957423 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:23:02 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19957402 mkrubsack : Same here in Fresno. I'm using .186, .185, and .187 DNS servers. When I switched to the Opt Out servers, .172 and .171, things just got worse.

It sucks big time to be paying for such poor service.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19957402 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:20:42 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19957355 anon : Same here in Seal Beach. Some web sites will load right away and others I can't get at all. I called Earthlink but because of a "system outage" (no further info given) they were too busy to talk.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19957355 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:12:39 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19957145 nikmagid : glad to see i'm not the only one. i have to refresh a page 4 or 5 times to get it to load. started yesterday when i got home.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19957145 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:40:22 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19955511 anon : Similar here in Northern Calif (San Jose area)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19955511 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:23:56 EDT Re: Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19955442 anon : Yes. It appears as if it stalls when in the middle of opening a web page? I live in the South Bay area. However the ELN website doesn't specify exactly what cities are affected.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19955442 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:00:32 EDT Anyone else having slow downloads in Los Angeles? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19955377 Ted Franks : Since this afternoon my DSL has been slow and intermittent.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19955377 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:40:58 EDT