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[Connectivity] Terrible packet loss/latency at primetimeEvery night I'm getting terrible latency and sometimes cable modem reboots. I thought since we were getting the speed upgrade it might have been my old modem (SB6121) so I went out and replaced it with an SB6183 - still having issues. Have good signal levels on the modem with 8 bonded downstream and 2 up. Good power levels also. Attached is PingPlotter data. I did try and reboot my equipment that's why it has a couple gaps. If I could get any help I would love it - the 2 techs that came out had no ideas and the people on the phone can't seem to help. |
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gatorkramNeed for Speed Premium Member join:2002-07-22 Winterville, NC |
gatorkram
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2014-Dec-17 10:06 pm
I know you say your levels are good, but can you post them up.
Do you plot to any other hosts?
How do your speed tests look during these times? |
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I'm on the 100 down 7 up or whatever it is now plan. Atm I'm getting anywhere from 3-20 down. |
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gatorkramNeed for Speed Premium Member join:2002-07-22 Winterville, NC |
gatorkram
Premium Member
2014-Dec-17 10:52 pm
Thanks for the numbers. I forget what the SNR numbers should look like.
How about speed tests and whatnot? More plots to different hosts. |
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gatorkram
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2014-Dec-17 10:56 pm
Try this host for the heck of it. Seems pretty stable for me most of the time:
speedtest.newark.linode.com
Ping plotter that is, don't let the speed test part fool you. |
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gatorkram
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2014-Dec-17 11:02 pm
Here is the page with all their links if you want to trace more: » www.linode.com/speedtest |
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Speed test from 3am on sunday and one done just now. Let me let this run a few minutes then I'll post the pingplot. |
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More screenshots, the tracert target you suggested and the WAN quality graphs from my router where you can see the same issue during primetime for the past week, with the worst being tonight. |
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Here it is going back to normal after prime time. Suddenlink is sending out a tech again tomorrow but I'm pretty sure at this point it's not my equipment or lines that's the problem. The problem is getting them to admit that. |
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gatorkramNeed for Speed Premium Member join:2002-07-22 Winterville, NC |
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Be sure to refer them to this info. It might be useful.
My first guess is very saturated node.
Maybe they can split it.
Good luck, keep us posted. |
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ARRIS SB8200 Ubiquiti UDM-Pro Ubiquiti UniFi UAP-nanoHD
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Actually looks like a saturated upstream. Can you verify that these are taken while linked directly to the modem and that you are positive you have nothing using your upstream.
Your signal levels look fine, if anything the upload is just a little low. Is that screenshot taken at the problem time? |
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Yeah, nothing using the upstream and the screenshots were taken at the time of the problem.
Suddenlink's level 2 tech just left and confirmed that it is an oversaturated node. He said it could be "a few months or maybe less" for them to split the node. At least I have a solid contact now for information. |
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gatorkramNeed for Speed Premium Member join:2002-07-22 Winterville, NC |
Hope its sooner than later, keep us posted, good luck. |
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mtrot join:2006-03-26 Tyler, TX Netgear CM600 Netgear R7000
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Ever since I've been with Suddenlink, there has always been a slow down at prime time every day. It is better now than it was a couple years ago, but still slower in the evenings than during the day. A couple years ago, service would slow down to a crawl from about 6pm to midnight. I believe they finally admitted the node was full. |
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Still having issues from about 7-11 PM every night. Called billing to ask for an account credit and was told they can't credit accounts until the problem is fixed. Kind of dumb I have to pay full price for a service I can't use until it's fixed but whatever. Talked with a plant "supervisor" on 1/8 and he said that the saturated node is scheduled to be split on the 15th. Hopefully that fixes the issue, the internet is un-usable atm. |
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So suddenlink says that my node had the split on the 16th but I'm still having the same issues with no improvement. The field supervisor I spoke with yesterday claims that they did a head end repair on the 13th and he "doesn't know if that repair was finished". Now they want me to wait for the end of the month and see if it's any better? Freaking awful and it seems like they are just giving me the run around at this point. I've been without proper working internet during the 6-12am time for about 2 months now. |
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Still having issues during the hours of 6-12am. Previously I basically couldn't use the internet during those times, but since the split I can at least pull up websites slowly. Anything that needs decent latency is a no go though (VIOP, skype, gaming, etc). I do remote support in the evenings and I can't use vpns reliably during those times to get any work done. Finally had a level 2 and level 3 tech out last Thursday at 8pm and they did confirm that the node split has been completed. Talking with some other support people they mentioned that suddenlink tried to source some cheaper parts (for something at the headend?) by shopping a few different vendors. They swapped suppliers and then after their old vendor gave them the price they wanted that swapped back. Now, after all that they can''t get the parts they need to complete the upgrades required. I don't know if that's just hearsay but I've heard something similar group a couple different people now. |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------|
| WinMTR statistics |
| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| pfsense.localdomain - 0 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 173-219-236-117-link.sta.suddenlink.net - 11 | 46 | 41 | 10 | 388 | 2068 | 726 |
| 173-219-227-64-link.sta.suddenlink.net - 14 | 43 | 37 | 18 | 279 | 1910 | 1005 |
| 173-219-227-53-link.sta.suddenlink.net - 12 | 45 | 40 | 15 | 439 | 1996 | 237 |
| 72.14.210.157 - 14 | 43 | 37 | 63 | 437 | 1996 | 1240 |
| 216.239.47.84 - 11 | 46 | 41 | 12 | 385 | 2310 | 2310 |
| google-public-dns-a.google.com - 14 | 44 | 38 | 12 | 334 | 1497 | 1361 |
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Oh, and I still have not been able to get a credit to my account. The level 3 tech/ supervisor or whatever that came out said that he would get it pushed through, but I still got billed for the full amount. Hopefully they can sort it out since I have kept tons of records during all this. |
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you will never get the credit..we where told we would get on years ago and never got it for bad service |
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The only reference I can find that SL will credit for is actual outages. |
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said by moldypickle:The only reference I can find that SL will credit for is actual outages. I just received full credit for the last two months. So, they do give it out. |
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wow..thats amazing |
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This is what I deal with every night. At least I'm getting some account credits until this is fixed. Last I heard it might not be repaired until April. That will be 5 months without useable internet during primetime. I'm not sure how any company would think that's reasonable or ok. I'm honestly considering moving because of how much this has affected my evening work. |
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