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Porkrinds
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[Internet] Slow Internet - Brighthouse RR 20Mbps - Brandon,FL

Hi, new member here and I was hoping someone could check this out or advise. I'm not sure what information is needed so please advise.

Speed tests (speedtest.tampabay.rr.com and »speedtest.bhn.net) are returning about 10Mbps the past few days, and I have been having trouble streaming videos from Youtube and similar. This is from a wired network both behind and not behind a router. I've reset the old cable modem (battery pull as well) and my router of course.

Router: Asus RT-16N (stock and TomatoUSB tried)
Cable Modem (from 192.168.100.1): SA DPC2203
Modem software: dpc2203-P10-0-v202r1262-110525as.bin
Hardware Version 1.1
Receive Power Level 5.1 dBmV
Transmit Power Level 48.0 dBmV

Any other information I can provide as requested.

Thanks!
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Re: [Internet] Slow Internet - Brighthouse RR 20Mbps - Brandon,F

Hi there...

Please PM me your modem MAC and IP address and I will get right on it

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Done, I think. Thanks
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Hold tight...
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Hmm didn't get it...one more time

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hehe, still getting used to these forums. I think I got it this time. Looks like I msg'd myself last time
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Just checking to see if you got the message this time. Thanks
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Yessir I did...forgive me for a bit...dealing with an issue that demands my undivided attention...I won't forget you but it may be an hour or two.

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no problem, I was just worried that I goofed again. Please, take your time. It's just reassuring that my message went through. Cheers and thanks for your services.
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Your levels are fine and no pkt loss. Please post screenshots of your poor speed test examples to our local BHN speedtest.

Thanks for being so patient...

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Will do once I get home from work this afternoon. I'll just update this post.

No problem, my issue isn't something I'd call even low priority. For what it's worth, things seemed better last night... I could at least stream some YouTube videos without hiccup (720p+).

I'll do a series of tests and take screenshots tonight.
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Porkinds don't use Youtube as your benchmark for connection issues as they are horribly unreliable. I'll wait for those results and we can take it from there.

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bhn test #1
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bhn test #2
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tampabay.rr.com test #1
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tampabay.rr.com test #2
Attached screenshots. First two are from speedtest.bhn.net and then second two are from speedtest.tampabay.rr.com. The only time it hits normal speed is the last time, and it only went that high near the end of the test.

It seems to be all over the place really. The BHN.net one barely broke 10-13Mbps near the end of the tests.

Maybe this is just normal, I dunno, it just feels slower than usual to me lately. :-)

Here are tracerts:
Tracing route to tampp-speedtest-01.noc.bhn.net [72.31.211.196]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
 
  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  RT-485B39E84331 [192.168.1.1]
  2    45 ms    69 ms    85 ms  10.113.32.1
  3    11 ms     9 ms    14 ms  gig13-0-0-2027.tampfledc-rtr1.tampflrdc.rr.com [
65.32.25.18]
  4    63 ms    11 ms    73 ms  ge2-2-0.tampfledc-rtr3.tampflrdc.rr.com [65.32.1
3.62]
  5    98 ms    71 ms    10 ms  72-31-220-9.net.bhntampa.com [72.31.220.9]
  6    20 ms    63 ms    83 ms  tampp-speedtest-01.noc.bhn.net [72.31.211.196]
 
Trace complete.
 

Tracing route to speedtest.tampflrdc.rr.com [65.32.5.85]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
 
  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  RT-485B39E84331 [192.168.1.1]
  2    41 ms     8 ms     9 ms  10.113.32.1
  3    23 ms    18 ms    10 ms  gig13-0-0-2027.tampfledc-rtr1.tampflrdc.rr.com [
65.32.25.18]
  4    34 ms    31 ms    38 ms  gig3-23.tampflerl-swt1.tampflrdc.rr.com [65.32.1
3.2]
  5    44 ms    23 ms    36 ms  speedtest-01.tampflrdc.rr.com [65.32.5.85]
 
Trace complete.
 
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not normal
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Out of curiosity (and sorry for butting in), but would it be normal to get half the speed results using the bhn.net site vs the rr.com sites?

Using speedtest.tampabay.rr.com or speedtest.tampabay.rr.com I can hit 20+ consistently.

Using speedtest.bhn.net I'm consistently getting ~11 - ~13 - but never the 20 that I would expect.

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I agree that I prefer tampabay.rr.com, I just see the BHN listed as something to test against. Apparently it uses a server in Tampa, just one more hop away.

And it could just be that my side is working fine and just the result of slow internet outside of the tampabay.rr.com domain.

I just wanted to have this checked out because the past few days things felt slow and I've had problems with my cable modems crapping out after 2-3 years... they replace it with the current model and all is well for awhile.

But yeah, it could be that nothing is the problem on the Brighthouse side, and that's fine.
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Please remove the router and rerun the tests direct connected to the modem.
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said by shibumi3:

Out of curiosity (and sorry for butting in), but would it be normal to get half the speed results using the bhn.net site vs the rr.com sites?

Using speedtest.tampabay.rr.com or speedtest.tampabay.rr.com I can hit 20+ consistently.

Using speedtest.bhn.net I'm consistently getting ~11 - ~13 - but never the 20 that I would expect.

Get with me when you get a moment...

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I've done this already with similar tests as to what is attached (as stated in my first post). I'll run the tests again anyway. I'll have to use my laptop for this, and I'll reply back eventually.

Thanks for the follow up.
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Please check your PM for an important msg

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BHN TEST 1
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BHN TEST 2
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RR TEST 1
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RR TEST 2
Thanks. Here are the screenshots of a direct connect. I'll PM you the IP and such and start doing as you requested in your PM to me.
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Got it...

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RR TEST
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BHN TEST
Did one test each this morning... did anything change? The speeds are normal. 10:08am were when the tests were done.

Also the tool you have is up to 75 tests. I can let it run for at most 2 more hours (around noon) before people need the internet.

Here are two screenies.. again connected direct to modem.
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Yes it is better and no there have been no changes. Let it run through late this evening and limit your network activity to what we discussed please.

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Sure, I can let it run, but I'll need to hook backup to the router so people can use the internet around noon time. I will limit activity still as you request though.

Thanks for the nice graphic, it really did smooth out.
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It's not perfect but better. If you had a non turbo product the results would be nearly flatlined across but turbo does some funky things with testing so anything 20mbps or better is considered fine but as you can see it doesn't make for a pretty historical chart and if misread someone might think there was a problem where none exists.

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How's things looking? My connection has been mostly idle besides some web browsing.

Just ran another test at the RR tester and the BHN tester and results looked good. 25Mbps @ RR and 15-16Mbps @ BHN.

Do you need me to keep the applet running?
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Not good at all. I'll get with you to get another tech out.
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BUT...the tests get horrible after you connected the router back to be honest with you....

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Hmm, I can't 'feel' the difference between connected direct and on router. I don't have another router to try right now, else I could try and confirm... best I can do is try something like DD-WRT or a different build of Tomato. But that won't really help if it's hardware.