http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22609751 en Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:01:49 EDT Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:01:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22683712 davidpo : I live on Hardee dr which is accross 31 from san pedros.I'm 2900 ft. from the co or rt not sure which.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22683712 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:37:10 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22682306 anon : I am in Murchison and I can only get 1.5 Meg, because I am 16,360 feet from the DSLAM. Never the less I am currently getting 1.83 down load. It has been working fine all day so far. Hope it holds, :)

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22682306 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:39:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22681092 rayzor622 : mines still slow too david...by the way i was wondering where in chandler are you guys that are getting the 10 meg package? cause they told me i couldnt get it .. only the 5 meg]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22681092 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:36:03 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22679390 anon : Newbe
The post that I attempted at 8:41 was to say that it was still running poorly at that time.

However a 10:30 it is running hot straight and normal again. I called in last night at abt 14:30 and ran tests on two different servers. Butw were poor. I was told that they would get on it this morning and wpoul call me. haven't heard ang thing yet> ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22679390 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:46:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22678064 anon : :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22678064 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:41:36 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22677621 davidpo : what a crock of bs,spped was good until the evening then it went to nothing again.I hope its fixed by friday like I've been told its getting old.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22677621 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:30:05 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22676961 anon : Same here, also in Chandler, TX. For about a week now I'm lucky to get 0.5 MBit. I am also 10 MBit. They keep telling me that more people have to call in to be sure it's not just me. What a joke.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22676961 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:27:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22673908 davidpo : Well so far so good speeds are very good except west coast.Just hope it stays this way tonite.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22673908 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:33:20 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22672369 brosuess : hmmm may have been fixed it's 9:11 am and still have my full speeds, so far so good!

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22672369 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:12:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671833 anon : OC-48 was fixed. Traffic was rebalanced across the network. Customers should of seen resolution around 830pm eastern time. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671833 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:52:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671837 Tarheels Fan : The issue with the OC48 was cleared when a card was replaced in the DATA POP that peers with Level 3. Traffic was rebalanced along the 2 OC-12's in place and that is why you are seeing normal speeds again. However, there is still the issue with another 3rd OC-12 being installed which will resolve the issue with peak hours latency.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671837 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:35:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671735 cjsturch : Mine looks better this morning than it has in a long time. Actually getting the speeds I pay for this morning. Curious what it'll be like tonight when there's more traffic though.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671735 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:51:31 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671630 Tarheels Fan : Chazz - completely understandable. I refer you to Hazy Arc on this board who had problem for several months as well in SC. He thought it would never be fixed. It finally was as these upgrades/repairs take lots of time and planning...

It would be great to have all of this done before slow downs happens. The problem is, bean counters don't like to release funds until problems do happen. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671630 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:51:21 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22670346 chazz13 : tarheels fan - i appreciate the info but i think you will understand if i don't share your confidence. we have been told for several months now that full service restoration was just a few weeks or days away but nothing happens. perhaps embarq can get it done this time but i have just about given up hope that they can actually solve the problem.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22670346 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:34:00 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669976 Tarheels Fan : I agree completely. I think service will be restored in a day or two with some slow downs during peak hours. This is where the 3rd OC12 kicks in which is still being installed by the contractor.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669976 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:15:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669915 chazz13 : still running slow here. 1 meg or so on a 5 meg connection. glad to hear someone is working on it - just wish they were having more success.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669915 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:05:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669891 Psychtrip : Mine just came back up, a little better now.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669891 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:00:59 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669859 Tarheels Fan : Engineers are working on it as we speak.

Have you heard, when it rains it pours. There are multiple issues going on. Cards are being replaced in data pops and fiber is being cleaned. There is also a signaling issue with some vendor equipment that needs to be upgraded. They are not just sitting back, rather working on this around the clock. The engineer working on it yesterday (and today now) was up for 20 hours trying to figure this out... ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669859 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:54:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669805 anon : Mine just came back in Brownsboro at 6:35 and it seems pretty fast. Hopefully it will stay up this time.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669805 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:43:30 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669800 one20inna55 : Yep, mine has stopped as well. My wife has been home all day & basically gave up on the internet. I got home @ 1800 and no connection. Resetting the modem results in 3 lights now. I'm in Athens, TX area.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669800 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:40:59 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669748 anon : Near Houston and we also completely died around 6. The tech support line says the same thing it usually does. "...should be resolved in 24 hours.". 24 hours from when? Who knows.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669748 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:32:42 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669690 anon : I'm in the Brownsboro area and around 6pm local time my DSL basically "stopped." Any idea when Embarq might fix this? In the past calling was kind of useless because even the local OSP technician wasn't aware of the outage because Embarq never let him know.

Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669690 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:17:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668731 Tarheels Fan : This doesn't have to do with capacity from what I have seen. Engineers have narrowed it down to an OC-48 taking massive errors and have taken multiple steps to correct this without any luck. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668731 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:22:20 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668361 Psychtrip : I live in Palestine myself, service is still slow as usual for a 5meg connection.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668361 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:27:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668353 davidpo : The tech that came over yesterday,called me this morning he was told it would be fixed friday lol.I really have no clue how these trunks are installed,but seriously does it take months ?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668353 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:25:27 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667760 chazz13 : same here. speed was great early - now back to the same slow speed as before. will check again late today but not looking good right now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667760 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:45:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22666428 brosuess : I hope so to so far not looking good was great a 7 am but now...



I'll wait till this afternoon!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22666428 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:45:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22664683 anon : Have been lagging now for three days, just found all of this info tonight and am glad I did.

Just upgraded to the 10 meg package and thought they messed something up, apparently not besides the inability to manage the resources.

10 pm test
0.07 down
0.06 up
Flint, Tx south of Tyler]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22664683 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:13:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22663124 chazz13 : Got this today from Embarq in response to an email inquiry:

Thank you for contacting the High-Speed Internet Support department at EMBARQ, your Home Communications company.
I am sorry for the issue you are experiencing.
There is a issue that should be resolved on the 7th.
I would reset my modem late in the afternoon.
If you need additional assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us again.
Thank you for choosing EMBARQ,
Rob G.

Let's hope this pans out to solve our ongoing speed issues.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22663124 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:34:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22662293 rayzor622 : yeah i agree david....i have been having some issues on and off for quite a while now...for the past 12 weeks or so my speed and latencies were great until friday july 3rd thats when everything really went bad...i mean this is the worst its ever been....and yes Joey is top notch..people at embarq could learn alot from someone like him. ttyl]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22662293 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:15:04 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22662075 anon : Palestine is still in the gutter. Slow website loads and cant stay connected to any of my game servers. This sucks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22662075 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:48:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22662083 davidpo : I'm chatting with a embarq rep online,and he's trying to tell me this problem just happend today no other issues have been reported.

I know its been going on since May.I normally dont give a rats ass about credit,but to have someone tell me its only been going on today pisses me off to no extent.Embarq needs more employees like Joey he does a excellent job.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22662083 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:36:24 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22661845 davidpo : Seems East Texas is still crap.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22661845 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:57:10 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22661248 ab187 : Well, it seems they have fixed it for our area. Hopefully it stays this way....

Yesterday


Today
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22661248 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:21:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22658259 davidpo : Today is totally pathetic not only is the speeds slow,but I'm having long wait times for web pages to open. Embarq should have people working on this problem 24/7 untill its fixed.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22658259 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:40:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22658047 anon : I'm in Kingwood TX and I have been getting slow speeds on my 3 meg plan since around 1:00 PM today. This is getting really annoying :mad:

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22658047 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:28:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22652099 chazz13 : sorry - i have no confidence that embarq will actually solve the problem anytime soon. in may we were told that the problem would be fixed by the first week of june - now it appears that they are saying mid-july (maybe). at best this whole mess looks to be some pretty poor planning by embarq. at worst embarq is selling services that it can't support. i am frustrated because up until the past few months I have liked my service and would have recommended it to anyone. embarq owes an apology to all of its affected customers but you can bet we won't get it. i guess i will have to check into cable modem service - they are offering higher speeds anyway. by the way - my speed tonight is about 500K on a 5meg connection.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22652099 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:32:35 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22652092 davidpo : Here's hoping to a fix Monday.Good luck to y'all!!!!!! If it's not fixed I suggest we start demanding some credits,and I don't mean $5 either more like $40.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22652092 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:30:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22651941 rayzor622 : i hear ya about playing WoW...i play CS: Source and its my daily thing I am also a server owner and admin over 3 different gaming servers that i cant even connect to hardly and when i do it is so lagged its not worth the time to even stay connected....bottom line...THIS FREAKIN SUCKS!! And yeah David I agree they should have know the trunks were reaching capacity and had another setup ready to go online before we all reached this point. Ohh yeah and the houston thing...i used to live in spring/woodlands area in Imperial oaks development..shoulda stayed there i guess...hell we would be running on FIOS right now :) take care man and good luck. ttyl]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22651941 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:44:50 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650517 brosuess : Wow I can't even work this is going to lose me money which will make me find another service, cuz I'm paying for service I'm not getting.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650517 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:13:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650448 onemetalhead : Your 100% right about that and I'm not happy with what their putting in either it makes no sense but until I have better connections my voice can't be heard. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650448 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650208 davidpo : I have no doubt its being fixed my problem is it shouldnt have happened. Embarq should have had a new trunk ready to go as the other trunks were reaching capacity. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650208 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:01:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650102 onemetalhead : All of east texas is in bandwidth exhaust due to two trunks which are at 100% capacity and can't handle anymore traffic. I'm a gamer and an employee and feel it to. Were waiting on a new trunk to open up, turn up date has been set as july 8th although I've heard rumors of trouble and might be pushed back a week or 2 just can't get the facts. If I get new info I'll gladly post it. But that is the issue I have no reason to lie about it and it will be fixed. Give it a little more time it's coming.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650102 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:37:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650001 davidpo : I have sat so cable is out of the question the picture quality is terrible. I did a speedtest getting a bit over 1 meg and ping is under 100 atm.I've not even played wow lag is just too bad.

Between this and not being able to get back on at Trane I'm starting to think moving back from Houston was a bad idea.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22650001 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:11:01 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22649780 rayzor622 : heres my deal on the speed test same as you david.


hey david i live in chandler also on the lake on just off of 315 and northland cable has a bundle but only a 8 meg connection but for just 10 or 15 bucks more you get cable tv also with a bunch of channels,high speed internet and you phone for like 145 a month. they do have service in my area so you should be able to get it also i would think....i havent switched yet but im really close.....i have had this type of problem with embarq for over a year now...one day everything is fine and the next can just barely connect to the internet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22649780 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:17:31 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22649306 chazz13 : my current speed report: 1.6meg on a 5meg connection. better than last night but still less than 1/3 of what i should be getting.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22649306 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:30:24 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648720 one20inna55 : This morning, I can't connect at all. Last night it was sporadic (sometimes decent, sometimes poor). Initially, this morning ~0630 I was getting speeds around 5. Now, it won't connect at all. I'm starting to lose faith in Embarq.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648720 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:14:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648066 chazz13 : i have 5meg service - getting about 200K tonight. just got off the phone with embarq. once again the explanation is that it is a network problem and they are working on it but no time estimate for a fix. this has been going on for more than 2 months now. speed is good one day - lousy the next. in may we were told that the problem would be fixed by early june. it is now july and embarq is still screwed up. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648066 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:09:51 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648027 davidpo : Speaking of discounts think we can get one? Paying 45 bucks for 10 meg,and only getting .49 meg most of the time sucks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648027 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:52:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648014 davidpo : Well its the first week of July and still piss poor speeds.I do have a tech coming monday,but seeing as how after midnite my problems usually disappear. I'm not really sure it will help.

I just dont get it they were suppose to have this fixed in June,and how long does it take to install one of these things anyway?

If I didnt live in the middle of no where Chandler I'd have switched to something else.The phone prices from embarq is crazy expensive.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648014 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:48:41 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22613485 brosuess : So do discounts for an Embarq error, "overselling bandwidth"? This really sucks!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22613485 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:10:16 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22613264 onemetalhead : sorry guys not to be, inside info both trunks are 100% full but a resolution of another trunk is being added 1st week of july. I've been working to get the pipes balanced for a temp fix til the new is up and was told they can't balance due to capacity (a first I've had it done each of the last 7 months but since its so close to turn up date is why I think they won't do it, its very time consuming from what I've heard). Its ok overnight and early in day but as more traffic starts to flow its like rush hour in the mixmaster. sorry I'm just as bummed as you are no cod5 for awhile. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22613264 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:31:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22610021 brosuess : yep I'm in the same boat this really sucks!!
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22610021 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:43:21 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22609751 davidpo : I really hope they get this fixed today.I'm on the 10 meg plan and I'm not even getting 1 meg atm.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22609751 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:02:24 EDT