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Re: [IL] After outage my download speeds less than 1 Meg

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:35:05 EDT

kwbelt1 posted : My connection on the 23rd was up all day with no problems at all. Even with the tornados happening. The 22nd when nearly the whole state was down I of course did not have connection.
Speed test showed my location as IA for about 3 months and never had any problems with the speed tests. Its showing correctly now with a test to Carmel, IN at 28.95 down and 1.64 up.

Re: [IL] After outage my download speeds less than 1 Meg

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:26:20 EDT

ful_throttle posted : ok, are you guys happy now :)

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Re: [IL] After outage my download speeds less than 1 Meg

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:17:47 EDT

ful_throttle posted : I understand that different servers will give different results. The weird thing is that my location changed by several hundred miles over the last couple of days; from a correct location of Southern Illinois to an incorrect location of central Iowa, and back to southern Illinois this morning.

My speeds are back to normal, so whatever the issue was on the 22nd that had changed my modem settings, a reset of the modem brought in the correct settings for me.

Thanks again.

Re: [IL] After outage my download speeds less than 1 Meg

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:15:00 EDT

Boss302_1970 posted : yeah tower stream in chicago is by far the fastest server. :)

Re: [IL] After outage my download speeds less than 1 Meg

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:39:39 EDT

Lazy Senior posted :

said by ful_throttle:

This time it correctly has me in southern Illinois, and the speeds are much better (ping time isn't great, but hey it beats my old dial up :)
Why do you think I was routing through central Iowa (or appearing to be in central Iowa)?

For the last 6 weeks since I got Mediacom Internet, Speedtest has shown me to be in Moline,IL which is quite a ways from me. All of a sudden a couple of days ago Speedtest started showing me in Murphysboro, IL, which is only 20 miles north of me.

Something has definitely changed from either Mediacom or Speedtest.

Almost always when using Speedtest with the Recommended Server option I get the Tower server in Chi-town. It is much faster than Jackson TN server. Try it manually.

Re: [IL] After outage my download speeds less than 1 Meg

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:53:41 EDT

ful_throttle posted : One thing I noticed last night and this morning while doing my speed test from speedtest.net was that it showed my location to be in the middle of Iowa? Speedtest.net has always showed my location correctly (near Herrin, Illinois) until yesterday. Here is the speedtest.net test from this morning;
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I then took your advice and reset my modem ( I had reset it several times the day the 'net was down) and this was the result.
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This time it correctly has me in southern Illinois, and the speeds are much better (ping time isn't great, but hey it beats my old dial up :)
Why do you think I was routing through central Iowa (or appearing to be in central Iowa)?

Thank you for the work you do here, You are appreciated.

Re: [IL] After outage my download speeds less than 1 Meg

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:35:27 EDT

MediacomChad posted : There aren't any lingering problems reported in your area. Is there any change in the speeds after resetting your modem and router? If not, shoot me a message with your account number or phone number and I will check your connection closer.

[IL] After outage my download speeds less than 1 Meg

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:45:38 EDT

ful_throttle posted : So most of yesterday(23rd) my internet connection (Mediacom) was down (Southern Illinois). No biggie as my internet service has been awesome for several years. I tried calling the support number last night and only got a recording saying they are "too busy" and to call back later.

Today the internet is back on, but my download speeds will not go over 1 meg down. Does anyone have any info. as to why this might be? There was a mediacom vehicle working on the lines outside my house for a few hours when I got home today, he worked at two different poles, then went to my neighbor's house for around an hour or so. I will call tomorrow, but just thought I would ask here tonight.
Thanks for any info.

Mike