jaycharles
join:2005-07-05
Charlottesville, VA
| Reseller services hurting my Embarq account?
Here's something interesting...
Most days, I get ping times of around 90ms from my Embarq business DSL line in Charlottesville VA to my server in ThePlanet's datacenter in Houston TX. Today BNSI.net (a local reseller of Embarq DSL services) had a switch go down, and all of their customers lost their service.
Oddly enough, when the BNSI switch went down, my ping times to my server dropped to 62ms, and my average download speed increased by about 500kbps. That makes me wonder... does the reseller service Embarq provides to third parties affect my service (which I buy directly from Embarq) by so much, or is this mere coincidence? |
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DrData
Premium
join:2004-12-31
Apopka, FL
edit:
April 30th, @04:34PM
| Ive been with two different Embarq resellers (fbs.net and mfi.net) and both had higher pings. I'm sure all dsl users, including resellers have an impact on the Embarq network, though it really shouldnt raise pings. |
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dude34221
join:2002-06-13
Galena, OH
| reply to jaycharles
yes, more people on the "pipes" = higher latency, slower download speeds, and in worse case sync loss. i know because i experienced all three a week for months. was due to embarqs admitted overselling of my area with the ETA blank for fixing on the problem ticket, last time i checked. Now i just use my shitty connection in peace, leaving embarq alone. nothing ever truly fixed the problem |
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