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Re: [DSL] Frontier Speed Issues at My Home Me too. pulling my damn hair out...lol
Thanks for the help though, I am in direct communication with a local higher up,.(No Names)...he is extremely sympathetic, and has told me nothing short of its an infrastructure problem.
Had I known that when I signed up things may have been different. Now its just trying to get the most out of what I can.
Being my netflix sucks and at night is basically unwatchable, I am now in the process of doing the media server route, with plex, but the westell not being "N" is hurting that, as well as the limited range. |
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| That's good that they're in contact with you!
You could always get your own N router and put that 7500 in bridge mode.
Link to verizon instructions on changing to bridge mode
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Thanks for the link, will try that first. Just thought it would be easier to just buy a different modem/router.
Cant I just take my two DSL Lines, and both modems and smash em together somehow to get 6.0mbps! lol  |
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Just got my Phone call from Comcast regarding the possibility of running service to my home,.....5/10ths of a mile from where they have service..............drum roll........
22,000.00 Dollars! Really...lol
The struggle continues.... |
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And so begins the nightly slow down........................
So glad I don't have to share my DSL line with the whole neighborhood, like they claim I would have to if I had Cable Internet,
what a joke this is becoming. |
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My speed test at 9:50 pm......pitiful! |
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What a bunch of liars, how does this happen! Do they have a special pipeline to make the customers believe they are actually getting good speed?
BTW it took almost 3 minutes to upload these pics! |
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That's good that they're in contact with you!
You could always get your own N router and put that 7500 in bridge mode.
Link to verizon instructions on changing to bridge mode
Westell Forum Post
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Tried everything cant get it to connect in bridged mode...so frustrating.
Why oh why don't the just have a "N" modem router available, you know something a little more up to date!
Jeez it is 2012 |
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| reply to MrBubbaHyde
Frontier's speed test site gives out false reports. It reports about 2-3 times the actual speed than what you are really getting. It was not like that a year ago. They must have changed that sometime this year.
You have to stay on top of them. An idea is to band together some other DSL users in the area and when contacting Frontier tell them that you represent a group of people in your area that has banded together and perhaps even have their signatures stating that they all have speed issues and may petition cable to run into the area.
If you have line of site to someone you know has cable broadband then perhaps you could shoot with a pair of radios a signal to your house. |
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 Smith6612Premium,MVM
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| said by staregazer:Frontier's speed test site gives out false reports. It reports about 2-3 times the actual speed than what you are really getting. It was not like that a year ago. They must have changed that sometime this year.
You have to stay on top of them. An idea is to band together some other DSL users in the area and when contacting Frontier tell them that you represent a group of people in your area that has banded together and perhaps even have their signatures stating that they all have speed issues and may petition cable to run into the area.
If you have line of site to someone you know has cable broadband then perhaps you could shoot with a pair of radios a signal to your house.
In my area after the days of the CO's connection back to Rochester being saturated, the Frontier Speed test, which hasn't changed since then also reported the same speeds you would get if you ran a download or another speed test. After Frontier resolved the connectivity issues, we didn't see any speed issues to the Frontier speed test locally, but ones in other areas would sometimes be iffy (moreso for regions outside of NY). If I used a bandwidth monitor to compare transfer rates, the only thing the Frontier test did was report the proper speed the applet was getting, as agreed upon by my bandwidth monitor.
I think half of the reason is due to the fact that these are on-network tests. The other half may be because the tests are running over non-congested circuits, or in a shameful stance could be prioritized in such a way to only reveal issues with your physical circuit being congested, or DSLAM congestion.
I suppose what is being seen is the nature of the Internet and how things route. It was rather common for anything in the past for me that went from Rochester to Ashburn to see a nice speed hit at night. The Frontier speed test never left Rochester unless I picked another location. |
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Well things may have turned a corner.
After much searching and asking questions (thanks to all that have helped) I purchased a new modem/router last night, just to see if it helped with my signal, interior streaming issues.
I am very happy to report that I now have almost 100% signal strength in every area I need it from this Modem. Also for the first time last night I was getting a solid 2.8mbps at 10pm! So either Frontier fixed something, everyone on my line was out of town because it was friday night, or This new piece of equipment helped somehow.
I bought the Netgear N300-DNG2200, the thing I am most thankful for it was pretty much plug n play, only needing my Username and password to set up. The whole process took maybe 10 Minutes.
Also the strangest thing happened, as I went to bed I grabbed my Roku remote, which I have not used in weeks on any night because it was unwatchable with my speed,and pick a random movie on Amazon to watch. Guess what, it streamed in HD for the first time ever in my home! how is this possible??
Would love an answer to that! |
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Bonka
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Tamaqua, PA | So the issue was with your wireless router? Did you never test anything while plugged directly in to the router/modem? If that's the case, I can see why Frontier wasn't very helpful. |
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"So the issue was with your wireless router? Did you never test anything while plugged directly in to the router/modem? If that's the case, I can see why Frontier wasn't very helpful."
Those tests were done with a direct hard wire to the modem, less than 3ft run.
The comment about speed at night did not hold true, as last night I was back down under 1.0 again, must have been everyone out on friday night! lol
So why the comment Frontier wasn't very helpful? Have you read the whole thread? And besides it's their router and Line, Why shouldn't they help?
If I misread your comment, sorry. |
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Bubba, have you looked into »www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/home···/main.do
Verizon 4G homefusion.
If you have no other options and Frontier knows that you don't have another option,they won't do anything.
Email the upper management again and be persistent.
Don't take no for an answer and tell them you are going to the homefusion.
Some good and bad reviews on it so tread lightly and good luck |
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| I will look into it right now, somehow I doubt it No verizon cell phone service here only ATT, will let you know, Thanks for the help. |
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Pittpete,
Nope not available to me, thanks anyway,.....
Gonna keep banging my head on their doors, this is just sad,..period. |
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This is what I'm getting right now, they have major problems here.
I could drive to scranton in 20 minutes! |
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| Document your speeds during different times of the day if you havn't allready.
Have a few weeks worth of evidence and email them again. |
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Yes, I have been keeping track, and as I said before, I have been in contact with a local manager. The biggest problem for me is where I am. Here is a map to show you. In my area I am sure there's not a whole lot of Video streaming going on, so I'm quite sure there's not alot of other complaints, the two neighbors I have on this road don't even have cell phones,lol.
All I can do is keep calling and complaining, amd as I said Comcast wants 22,000 dollars to run cable like 2,000 feet LOL! |
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Bonka
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Tamaqua, PA | It doesn't have to be a local problem. Try running traceroutes to see if you're getting packet loss somewhere. That's what my issue is. When I run the traceroutes, everything is fine from my house to the first hop (local) but once it goes to Dallas, PA (and then Ashburn, VA) I start losing packets, which basically means their fiber is most likely maxed out during prime time. |
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