[Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds in Cogeco http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22195070 en Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:26:48 EDT Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:26:48 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23271716 fugger : I've noticed my Downstream Frequency went from 117MHz to 111MHz today and on top of this amazing speed test for 5:30pm on a Saturday:



I think Cogeco may have split up the nodes in Welland :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23271716 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:29:14 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23152687 TwiztedTD : If its not updated at the beginning of january ill be making another call to the presidents office.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23152687 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:16:13 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23149201 rudeboy24 : i think there full of $hit they told me is was going to be upgraded in June ..that never happened.

whats with all the different dates? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23149201 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:49:50 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23147208 anon : In the Fitch Wellbrook are, was told by CSR that upgrade planned for March 2010.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23147208 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:44:24 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23140888 TwiztedTD : Update to everyone!

I spoke the Presidents Office today and I am receiving a $20 credit... not much, but oh well.

Anyways, I was told there is a scheduled upgrade for the fitch street area in welland December 2009.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23140888 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:17:33 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23068512 TwiztedTD : Is anyone around Fitch able to post their speedtest during the day? I just tried at 8AM this morning and only got 1MPBS... I wanted to see if anyone else is having this issue around that time as well.

I am on standard service, should be getting higher then that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23068512 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:57:43 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23058010 TwiztedTD : So update, it is 11:35AM and my speed test is showing 1mpbs! NO DOWNLOADS going either.

I have put in a complaint to the CCTS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23058010 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:41:59 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23057975 TwiztedTD : I get decent speeds in the morning, but still nothing to brag about. Its funny on the east side, my internet was blazing fast. Its sad to say i moved to a nicer side of town to get a crappier service? Jeeze.

How do i file a CCTS complaint?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23057975 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:33:46 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23053519 Candoo3 : Have you yourself had a DSL connection recently (past year), and with who if you did? My son lives in the apt's behind Food Basics and has TSI. He does only get 2Mb, but I told him to expect that with being in an older apt building. IF you yourself haven't had DSL, don't rely on what others in your area get. Each residence can be unique, as well as the ISP. Not shilling for TSI, but they have no contracts. If you have access to a decent DSL modem, it would cost you $30 to "test drive" TSI 5Mb for a month. IF it sucks, you only lost $30. A *consistent* 2MB connection would be better than the crap you're getting.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23053519 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:25:14 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23051070 anon :
said by rudeboy24 See Profile :

DSL in this area sucks ..i can only get a 2Mbit connection ..probably the reason why cogeco doesn't give a crap about this area.
that sucks ... are you getting decent speeds from cogeco at any time of the day? Cuz 2M is still faster than the speedtest results you've posted ...

Have you gone ahead with your CCTS complaint? Cogeco is usually pretty responsive to complaints filed that way. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23051070 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:17:29 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23050968 rudeboy24 : DSL in this area sucks ..i can only get a 2Mbit connection ..probably the reason why cogeco doesn't give a crap about this area.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23050968 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:30:17 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23050631 anon : I don't understand why you would tolerate this for nearly six months... why not switch providers? DSL would probably give you better speeds; not 10M or anything but better than that crap... You can even just try it out for a month - i.e. don't sign a contract or anything, and see if its any better...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23050631 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:13:20 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23047508 rudeboy24 : still slow as a$$

what the hell COGECO why don't you fix this like you said you would. Im paying for STANDARD and this is what i get?









]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23047508 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:33:37 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23037472 rudeboy24 : there probably never upgrading fitch because they only want our money and don't give a $hit about there customers.
im planing on complaining to the CCTS about them anyway maybe file a complaint to the BBB while im at it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23037472 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:19:42 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23034598 TwiztedTD : Yes, i'd like to know when they are planning on upgrading. I mean we are all giving them $45.00+ a month, and giving us sub par service. Would like to see my money go somewhere useful.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23034598 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:15:49 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23023545 rudeboy24 : so any cogeco employees wanna let us know whats up with fitch ....its getting ridiculous.
Browsing is slow as dial-up.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23023545 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:24:01 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23018322 Nighthawk :

Well it looks like Cogeco has done it again. I am back into the cycle of good bandwidth in the morning (14/1) to this crap at night. They just split my node two months ago and it was been perfect until the last few weeks and not at night time I am down to this again. The only way I could get them to move on the split was to call the BBB then they finally agreed with me that my node is overload. I am so frustrated with this same old thing happening year after year.

Are any of the techs available and willing to check my node to confirm for me that it is again overloaded. I would greatly appreciate it. I will PM you my MAC.

Forward Path: Return Path:
Signal Acquired at 117.000 MHz Connection: Acquired
SNR: 37.0 dB Frequency: 35.3 MHz
Received Signal Strength: 4.0 dBmV Power Level: 44.8 dBmV
Bit Error Rate: 0.000 % Channel ID: 4
Modulation: 256 QAM Modulation: 16 QAM]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23018322 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:43:31 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22942187 rudeboy24 : it terrible some times it takes so long to load a page it gets timed out and it fails then a few minutes later its works
,but its really really slow ...reminds me of dial-up, i see the images slowly loading on the screen.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22942187 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:15:53 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22938852 anon : I live on Wellbrook Blvd, off Fitch. Just moved from the EAST SIDE OF WELLAND. I used to live on Mcalpine ave, and had INSANE speeds there. Would always be around 10 mpbs all day, all night.

I just moved to Wellbrook Bvld, and at night my service gets down to 1 mpbs! If im even downloading a driver, or game demo, its IMPOSSIBLE to surf the net.

I was told myself "Oh thats a bad area we only have 1 node, we are working on another"

I think we shouldnt be charged full pop for a service that isnt running full pop.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22938852 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:03:50 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22910879 rudeboy24 : ya the speeds are still crappy i sometimes get 2 Mbits during the days and evenings but mostly getting around 1 Mbit ..but at 3am i get 10 Mbits or more.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22910879 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:58:04 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22910296 Nighthawk : Hey Rudeboy24. Are you still getting crappy speeds? I had told you that Cogeco had fixed me last month and I was getting 14/1 consistantly. But during the middle of last week all of a sudden my speeds are down to 8/1. So I don't know if they broke something or what. I am at Fitch and First in Welland. Let me know if they fixed your problem or not.
Cheers,
Randy]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22910296 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:20:49 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22858176 rudeboy24 : actually i can still go over my cap at that speed ....that tells you how ridiculous there caps are.

could get 74.84 GB in a month with this lame speed ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22858176 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:47:47 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22856588 vega509 :
said by rudeboy24 See Profile :

Im in the fitch and clare area and my speed is very very slow during the evenings ..i was told last week there was a problem in the area and was being worked on but im still getting issues anyone else in the area getting slow speeds?



EDIT: i forgot to add i am on a 'STANDARD' connection
at this speed you won't have to worry about exceeding the cap. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22856588 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:03:08 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22799765 Snickerdo :
said by jsop :

;)
You mean someone was actually stupid enough to get Ultimate?

I shouldn't be surprised. This is Burloak we're talking about, after all.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22799765 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:28:58 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22799580 fugger : I think we're on different nodes, I'm in the Broadway/Kilgour area in the south west end.



I am experiencing 14Mbps+ late at night but rarely during the day.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22799580 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:32:15 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22797059 rudeboy24 : 4 months and still not fixed

im paying for Standard and getting this crap

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22797059 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:26:01 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635814 rudeboy24 : Can some one from cogeco tell me when my area is going to be fixed its been almost 3 months now and my speeds still suck.

im in the fitch street and clare area in welland.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635814 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:53:19 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22524089 anon : I have been having a hell of a time with them in the last few days.
I use giganews, and even though the cogeco speed test shows good speed, I can't break 400k during the day/evening. Only after 2am does the speed get decent. Normally it sits at about 200k or less. This is confirmed on multiple computers, and multiple news providers. Bullshicks I tells ya.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22524089 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:18:02 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22523224 anon :

;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22523224 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:55:43 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22518816 fugger : I'm in the south west end in the Broadway area and speeds have been fluctuating a lot recently.



one of the better tests of the day, and we're even capped at 60GB's too :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22518816 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:18:30 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22517883 Nighthawk :
said by urbanriot See Profile :

said by Nighthawk See Profile :

I had the same thing for almost a year. It was a overloaded node and they couldn't fix it until it was time to do the split which just happened two weeks ago. Now I am back up to normal speeds again so have hope. I am in the Fitch and First area of Welland.
Did you have to pay full price during this time or did you lower your package down to light?
They gave me a discount and kept my PRO connection until it was fixed. But I only got that deal when I complained to the Better Business Bureau. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22517883 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:16:55 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22517266 rudeboy24 :
said by Nighthawk See Profile :

I had the same thing for almost a year. It was a overloaded node and they couldn't fix it until it was time to do the split which just happened two weeks ago. Now I am back up to normal speeds again so have hope. I am in the Fitch and First area of Welland.
i was told fitch was all one connection so if they split they gave you the good side lol ...my speeds here still suck :(

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22517266 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:14:08 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22506616 urbanriot :
said by Nighthawk See Profile :

I had the same thing for almost a year. It was a overloaded node and they couldn't fix it until it was time to do the split which just happened two weeks ago. Now I am back up to normal speeds again so have hope. I am in the Fitch and First area of Welland.
Did you have to pay full price during this time or did you lower your package down to light?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22506616 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:56:15 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22506038 Nighthawk : I had the same thing for almost a year. It was a overloaded node and they couldn't fix it until it was time to do the split which just happened two weeks ago. Now I am back up to normal speeds again so have hope. I am in the Fitch and First area of Welland.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22506038 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:29:14 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22501879 JesusBeamz :
said by rudeboy24 See Profile :

so its been 2 months now and im still getting crappy speeds.
is this going to be fixed soon?
Welcome to cogeco, enjoy your stay.

Your feedback is highly encouraged, please tell us all about your service: »User reviews - Cogeco Cable]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22501879 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:35:37 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22501595 Candoo3 : I had the same 2 1/2 years ago in Welland, and was told for months that nothing was wrong on the Cogeco end and that it was my setup, replace the modem, no congestion, etc, etc.. After midnight to 1am, it always improved, just like your case. There was no admission that the area needed an upgrade to relieve congestion. It was a year later that an area upgrade was done. Good luck.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22501595 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:50:36 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22498816 rudeboy24 : so its been 2 months now and im still getting crappy speeds.
is this going to be fixed soon?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22498816 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:40:27 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22202034 katmeef : I will have to get back to you with an ETA.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22202034 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:55:19 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22201935 rudeboy24 : ah ..that sucks ..any idea how long it will be like this?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22201935 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:35:23 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22201830 katmeef : I checked your MAC, you received correct information in that there is an area issue that is being worked on.
This will not be an over-night fix, however. Sorry I can't you give better news :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22201830 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:15:04 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22200760 katmeef : no worries rudeboy, I'll take a peek when I start my shift tonight.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22200760 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:45:27 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22200618 rudeboy24 : sorry just being cautious :)

PM sent katmeef]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22200618 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:17:37 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22200326 katmeef :
said by Chelle See Profile :

I can verify he's an employee.
Thanks Chelle :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22200326 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:18:54 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22200228 Chelle : I can verify he's an employee.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22200228 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:00:31 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22199485 rudeboy24 : well im sorry but i don't wanna hand out my modems MAC address im not even sure your a cogeco employee.

couldn't you find out from the location i said above?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22199485 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:36:49 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22196573 katmeef : If you like, PM your MAC and I'll verify if this is an area-issue. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22196573 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:46:49 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22196437 rudeboy24 : ok i just got cogeco on march 27 and its been slow since i got it mostly during the day at night after like 12:00 1:00AM its gets faster, they came and ran a new line out to the pole.
then i called again when it was slow they said it was an area issue and it should be better in a few hours that was last week.

i have digital cable and phone.

i tried 6 different PC's directly connected to the modem with firewall off and they where all the same , i did a hard reset on the modem still no go.

have windows xp pro and vista machines on a gigabit network
all machines can transfer back and forth at 900+ Mbps all computers have been scanned with multiple virus scanners and spyware scanners.

i dont run any P2P stuff so the connection is not used by anything other then a web browser and MSN Messenger.

at the time of this post my connection is fine 8+ Mbps
but during the day it slows way down to dialup like speed on every site i visit.

Test below was taken at 12:44 AM connection is fine at night
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22196437 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:00:04 EDT Re: [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22195797 katmeef : Hi, can you please give some more information from »Have a problem? Read this before you post.

Thanks,]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22195797 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:43:37 EDT [Niagara] Welland very very slow speeds http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22195070 rudeboy24 : Im in the fitch and clare area and my speed is very very slow during the evenings ..i was told last week there was a problem in the area and was being worked on but im still getting issues anyone else in the area getting slow speeds?



EDIT: i forgot to add i am on a 'STANDARD' connection]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22195070 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:44:12 EDT