FusionGuy
join:2001-12-06
 ·Mountain Cable
|  Is Mountain starting to throttle newsgroups?
I have noticed lately that my speeds when downloading from usenet are all over the place. I used to max out my connection with a solid green graph. Now it's very spiky as seen in the screenshot. Anyone else notice this? |
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MikeG
Premium
join:2004-10-02
Hamilton, ON
·Mountain Cable
2 edits | I haven't been downloading a lot lately but when i first got hooked up i remember pulling a solid 600KB/s when using their usenet. Then i remember shortly after they went to 6mbps my usenet speeds were kind of like yours but not as bad. Somewhere inbetween all of that there was the numerous problems usenetserver was experiencing with the Too Many Connection errors and bw problems.
With that said, I just loaded up about a GB worth of data and let it run for a bit and I am noticing some inconsistency but overall its not too bad.
In the second graph, the dotted horizontal line is the avg speed, the peaks are anywhere between 715KB/s and 730KB/s, with the lows around 550KB/s. Definitely room to improve, I wonder what its going to be like when they move to 7mbps.
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FusionGuy
join:2001-12-06 | Looks like it's 7 Mbps already...
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MikeG
Premium
join:2004-10-02
Hamilton, ON
1 edit | Hasn't made its way over here yet.
Since its out there maybe by tomorrow morning my modem will have the new config.
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Marcer
VIP
join:2007-07-08
Hamilton, ON | reply to FusionGuy
Mine's improved... not as much as i'd like.. but faster is still faster
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siouxie
I've got the Steel City Blues
join:2005-08-18
Ontario
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1 edit | Mine is absolutely terrible.
Could this be because we now have a 2nd phone line into the cable modem? |
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MikeG
Premium
join:2004-10-02
Hamilton, ON
·Mountain Cable
2 edits | reply to FusionGuy
Good here now
Give it some time siouxie, if its still like that after a few days give them a call. But adding another phone line shouldn't effect your speeds.
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siouxie
I've got the Steel City Blues
join:2005-08-18
Ontario
clubs: |  it's getting worse  |
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twizlar
I dont think so.
Premium
join:2003-12-24
Brantford, ON | That looks like a line or signal issue. Can you log into your modem and check the signal levels?
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siouxie
I've got the Steel City Blues
join:2005-08-18
Ontario
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·Bell Sympatico
·Mountain Cable
| Sorry have been away from forum for a while so.. signal levels - noise ratio is:
Signal to Noise Ratio: 41 dB
This has changed since we had the 2nd line installed - previously it was a lot lower.
Any suggestions?
Thanks 
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Marcer
VIP
join:2007-07-08
Hamilton, ON | SNR is the decibel difference measured between the signal and noise below it
I.E. The bigger the number the better
Now we just need a recieve level and a transmit level. |
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siouxie
I've got the Steel City Blues
join:2005-08-18
Ontario
clubs: | I can't see that on the modem interface any idea where it might be? Thanks for the assistance! |
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Marcer
VIP
join:2007-07-08
Hamilton, ON | What type/make/model of Modem are you using?? an Arris? |
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FusionGuy
join:2001-12-06
3 edits | reply to siouxie
Try to type or click in »192.168.100.1/
Opps, I thought you didn't know how to view the diagnostics page. |
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MikeG
Premium
join:2004-10-02
Hamilton, ON
·Mountain Cable
| reply to siouxie
said by siouxie  :I can't see that on the modem interface any idea where it might be? Thanks for the assistance! Copy everything you see under RF Parameters @ »192.168.100.1/
Example: 
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siouxie
I've got the Steel City Blues
join:2005-08-18
Ontario
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·Mountain Cable
| Sorry for the delay in posting .. it's been a busy couple of weeks. Thanks Mike for the hint
RF Parameters
Downstream
Freq/Power: 111.000 MHz 8 dBmV
Signal to Noise Ratio: 41 dB
Modulation: QAM256
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Upstream
Freq/Power: 33.024 MHz 39 dBmV
Channel Type: DOCSIS 1.x (TDMA)
Symbol Rate: 2560 kSym/sec
Modulation: QAM16
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SirLCD
join:2005-11-22
Hamilton, ON | reply to FusionGuy
I am getting some good speeds. |
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Split2ooo
join:2008-03-05
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yes I have noticed this and do think they are throttling newsgroups because as we speak its 9:13pm on a wednesday night and my newsgroup download is goin a wopping 114 KB/s where as in the summer at any givin time night, day wekknight/weekend I would average 700 KB/s so something is up |
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MikeG
Premium
join:2004-10-02
Hamilton, ON | If u have the nzb i can test it out over here to see if im getting slow speeds as well. |
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twizlar
I dont think so.
Premium
join:2003-12-24
Brantford, ON | reply to FusionGuy
No problems here at all. |
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