DaveT79
join:2007-05-31
Los Angeles, CA
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Re: What the heck is going on in SoCal? - Part 2
Forgot to add that I am not getting the 14-16mbps constant speeds all the times. It's just been with at periods. So maybe it's just them doing testing or something.
And I still notice a fast drop in download speeds when connecting to servers outside of SoCal. Never was so bad when I had Comcast up in San Francisco.
TWC is also doing upgrades in my area between 12am - 6am on Tuesday morning (may 26), but the notice says it may only affect my TV during that time and I shouldn't see any internet interuption (though they still give instructions on how to reset the modem and all in case I do). Not sure if that has any upgrades to the Road Runner system involved, but mentioning it anytway. |
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excalpius
join:2008-10-25
Woodland Hills, CA
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I'm seeing VERY high overnight powerboost numbers these days in Woodland Hills. It started rising to the 80's over the past few days, but tonight it's...
My sustained rate is still in the 15/2 range (re: 2.0 MBps), but I just thought I'd point out these new powerboost figures. |
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Smith6612
Premium
join:2008-02-01
united state
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·FrontierNet Intern..
| What modem do you have? Those kinds of download speeds can only be achieved with a DOCSIS 3.0 modem with a PC and modem that supports Gigabit Ethernet.
But nice speeds 
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excalpius
join:2008-10-25
Woodland Hills, CA
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Last year, TWC replaced my recently dead cable modem with the RCA DCM425. It's DOCSIS 2.0 but otherwise unremarkable.
Note that SpeedTest results don't really represent sustained transfer speeds, just the powerboost burst.
So the modem is nothing special AFAIK.
I think this was purely a spike due to tinkering by TWC behind the scenes in my area. I doubt it will last or portends anything except an upgraded powerboost perhaps?
Either way, while my network/router etc. is running gigabit ethernet, but none of that is reaching the 100base T connected cable modem haha. |
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NSA_CIA
@charter.com
| said by excalpius  :Last year, TWC replaced my recently dead cable modem with the RCA DCM425. It's DOCSIS 2.0 but otherwise unremarkable. That DOCSIS 2 modem would limit your speedbursts to 38 mbps at most.
said by excalpius :Either way, while my network/router etc. is running gigabit ethernet, but none of that is reaching the 100base T connected cable modem haha. Which would indicate that the cause of your extremely high bursts above 100 mbps certainly isn't your modem or anything TWC is doing, but is more than likely something with your PC or router, like reloading from a cache. |
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excalpius
join:2008-10-25
Woodland Hills, CA | reply to qtime
The SpeedTest.net site addresses cache issues by design, so that's not it. Has to be something between them and TWC late at night, muhahahahaha. |
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A Non Name
@rr.com | reply to qtime
I've had something like that happen before (huge download speed). I was burning a DVD at the time. I believe that it has to do with flash and available memory. |
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anonanonaa
@rr.com
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I just spent 2 hours on the phone with RR people. First via web chat, then a phone call, then transferred to a "modem specialist" to help my lousy speed. He gave up and said "return the modem the transmission rate is a little high..this MIGHT solve it"
I'm paying for cable speeds an since last month have been consistently getting low DSL speeds.
He did mention something interesting, "If you are using up too much bandwidth(this is in reference to our argument about downloading tons of data) engineers will throttle your bandwidth." He went on in saying "When they notice a spike in usage in any given area..above normal/acceptable ranges they will simply slow your down speed for the remainder of the month" |
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NSA_CIA
@charter.com
| said by anonanonaa :
I just spent 2 hours on the phone with RR people. First via web chat, then a phone call, then transferred to a "modem specialist" to help my lousy speed. He gave up and said "return the modem the transmission rate is a little high..this MIGHT solve it"
I'm paying for cable speeds an since last month have been consistently getting low DSL speeds.
He did mention something interesting, "If you are using up too much bandwidth(this is in reference to our argument about downloading tons of data) engineers will throttle your bandwidth." He went on in saying "When they notice a spike in usage in any given area..above normal/acceptable ranges they will simply slow your down speed for the remainder of the month"
You were talking to someone grasping at straws trying to solve your problems.
TWC doesn't throttle and recommending the swapping of a modem to fix high transmit levels in hopes that fixes a speed issue is a last second hail mary. Transmit levels bad enough to slow you down would cause packetloss first, it's not something they need to really guess at unless they're inexperienced.
What city do you live in? |
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excalpius
join:2008-10-25
Woodland Hills, CA
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When my service started dying it turned out the modem did indeed need to be replaced. It was improperly RF shielded and was near my printers, etc. So it was VERY susceptible to any power sources near it. My replacement one does not have this problem. You might want to check for stupid electronic stuff like that. |
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Just3r
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Is TW service down in the San fernando valley area? I have no ready light on the cable modem or on the modem for digital phone service, is it just me or anyone else getting a similar problem? |
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looking
@rr.com
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said by NSA_CIA : quote:
He did mention something interesting, "If you are using up too much bandwidth(this is in reference to our argument about downloading tons of data) engineers will throttle your bandwidth." He went on in saying "When they notice a spike in usage in any given area..above normal/acceptable ranges they will simply slow your down speed for the remainder of the month"
You were talking to someone grasping at straws trying to solve your problems. TWC doesn't throttle ... wha? Are you sure about that? As expressed by the original poster, it "feels" like they do to me. |
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NSA_CIA
@charter.com
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wha? Are you sure about that? As expressed by the original poster, it "feels" like they do to me.
I'm sure but it you don't believe me, come up with some proof they do. "feelings" just don't cut it.
"throttling" is commonly claimed against too many ISPs and rarely, IF EVER, proved for just about every problem under the sun. The root cause of the problem is often something else much less sinister and WAY more common like overloaded CMTS ports, bad signal, failing or misconfigured equipment, overloaded routes, and/or a sever lack of understanding about what is really happening.
Find one instance in the entire TWC/RR forum of what some one "felt" was throttling that wasn't proven to be caused by something else. |
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SoCalRelo
@ilike.com
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Hey guys,
I'm relocating to the Santa Monica area in about 3 weeks. This thread is epically long, and I'm just trying to get a feel for what roadrunner is like in this area. Specifically I'll be living near 4th & vermont.
In Seattle I currently have 6mbps/1mbps DSL through speakeasy and have been really happy with the service. It looks like I could get better speed for less money from roadrunner, but I'm wondering how reliable it is. Latency is a big concern for me too.
Can anyone in the santa monica area recommend road runner, or should I stay with DSL?
Thanks! |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
 ·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | reply to Just3r
said by Just3r :
Is TW service down in the San fernando valley area? I have no ready light on the cable modem or on the modem for digital phone service, is it just me or anyone else getting a similar problem?
I have a friend in Burbank (Sun Valley TW system, not Charter  ) that's down too. Don't know if it's related...
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Sonny1
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RR in Sunland/Tujunga has slowed to a snails pace tonite. Having a hard time understanding why I pay for Turbo and only get a third of the download most evenings. Waiting for the next rate increase to happen for this wonderful service. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
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said by djrobx :said by Just3r :
Is TW service down in the San fernando valley area? I have no ready light on the cable modem or on the modem for digital phone service, is it just me or anyone else getting a similar problem?
I have a friend in Burbank (Sun Valley TW system, not Charter ) that's down too. Don't know if it's related... No issues in Valencia, but as my year on 'All The Best' is about to expire (and rate will jump $30/month from $89.99 to $119.99), I'll be either cutting TV, or trying out Uverse $90/month plan.
Interesting discrepencies - done ~10 seconds apart:
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Mad Mac
join:2003-03-10
Moorpark, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
| I'll tell you "what the heck is going on in SoCal" right now:
TW's 10/1 plan. I suppose, in fairness, the proportions are about right......
Reverse traceroute from Giganews:
1 gw1-g-vlan201.dca.giganews.com (216.196.98.4) 2 ms 0 ms 0 ms
2 be-10-702-cr01.mclean.va.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.89.73) 10 ms 1 ms 2 ms
3 pr0.dca10.tbone.rr.com (68.86.88.142) 1 ms 2 ms 1 ms
4 ae-2-0.cr0.dca20.tbone.rr.com (66.109.6.164) 1 ms 1 ms 3 ms
5 ae-4-0.cr0.lax30.tbone.rr.com (66.109.6.2) 80 ms 81 ms 81 ms
6 ae-0-0.cr0.lax00.tbone.rr.com (66.109.6.4) 79 ms 83 ms 84 ms
7 ae3.lsanca4-rtr1.socal.rr.com (66.109.6.103) 82 ms 84 ms 87 ms
8 ae10.tustca1-rtr1.socal.rr.com (66.75.161.48) 97 ms 94 ms 95 ms
9 cpe-66-75-147-4.socal.res.rr.com (66.75.147.4) 98 ms 96 ms 97 ms
10 ge-14-1-mrpkca1-ars2.socal.rr.com (76.167.8.234) 100 ms 99 ms 97 ms
11 cpe-76-174-157-186.socal.res.rr.com (76.174.157.186) 591 ms 262 ms 712 ms
12 * * cpe-76-174-157-186.socal.res.rr.com (76.174.157.186) 1190 ms !H
13 * cpe-76-174-157-186.socal.res.rr.com (76.174.157.186) 1567 ms !H *
14 cpe-76-174-157-186.socal.res.rr.com (76.174.157.186) 1622 ms !H * 1459 ms !H
Max number of unresponsive hops reached (firewall or filter?) |
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SLF
@rr.com | reply to qtime
90042 (Los Angeles) Reporting In
Been dog slow all morning. We have the 10/1 plan. Yesterday I was getting 15/1.
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beinhorn
@rr.com | reply to qtime
Re: What the heck is going on in SoCal? - Part 2
slow speed this am in 91356 |
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