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SLOWWW IN MARYLAND (baltimore)

Yeah I'm averaging between 300 and 500 Kbps. It was fine up until 1am this morning.

reply to phatmdcrab
I'm not noticeably slower, but my connection keeps dropping.

reply to barrysanders20
barry,try this site--->http://wdc.speakeasy.net/

im getting 67 down/66 up OMG!!

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reply to phatmdcrab

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hope its temp with this strike looming

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reply to phatmdcrab
Yea, here too...This sucks. Anybody know what's really going on? Seems to have started last night late for me.
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said by phatmdcrab:

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hope its temp with this strike looming

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Thank god i thaught it was just me. I hope they fix this soon.

reply to phatmdcrab
I couldn't get connected at all earlier, so I switched over to my cable modem.

On the DSL line, ready light is on, but my router complains that it can't contact the PPPoE server. Power cycling both the modem and then the router did not seem to have any effect.

Their system status page »cgi.verizon.net/systemstatus/sta···=central has "nothing to report". So maybe they don't know about it, yet. Call in and report it!

EDIT: I just tried connecting it to my WinXP box directly with WinXP's built in PPPoE support. At first I got an error code 619. I tried again to connect and it worked. I switched back over to my router and it's working OK now, too. Speed test gave 1508 / 137 and 1510 / 136 to the NJ speed test here at DSLR. Maybe it's fixed... maybe it's not. (I never noticed slowdown; it just outright wasn't working when I checked it at noon today).

EDIT #2: I briefly could not connect while trying to post this. Before I could log into my router to check if it was still connected via PPPoE, the connection was back.
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reply to phatmdcrab
Correction: Problems still exist.

Talked with a customer representative and he told me there was a problem in the Baltimore area. The problem is being worked on and they should have it fixed by the end of the day.
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I'm also experiencing another issue aside from the download speeds. When I have my regular phone line and the DSL line plugged into a splitter, if someone attempts to call me, the line will ring once and then become static. If I unplug the DSL line, then I can receive inbound calls, but obviously no Internet. I've try replacing the splitters and checking the filters. Everything was fine up until this morning.

I'm also getting 54 down / 136 up. I'm about to call Verizon. WTF
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reply to phatmdcrab
We are not doing so well in SE PA, either. Getting drops and slow. When I switch to my static Vz service, it is ok. I would guess they are having some routing or DHCP or DNS issues.
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reply to phatmdcrab
»cgi.verizon.net/systemstatus/sta···=central

nothing about it here
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Seems like broadband

reply to phatmdcrab
2003-07-29 18:19:35 EST: 19 / 89

Your download speed : 19410 bps, or 19 kbps.
A 2.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 89285 bps, or 89 kbps.

OMFG!!!!! this is a first after 2+ years of great service
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Seems like broadband

reply to phatmdcrab
Can you say sssslllooowwww!!! 102 kbpd d/l speed here. That is the slowest i have ever seen it; however, this is the first real problem I have ever had!

Rich

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2003-07-29 20:07:31 EST: 62 / 136
Your download speed : 62410 bps, or 62 kbps.
A 7.6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 136355 bps, or 136 kbps.
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WTF? Makes me think about demanding a credit and switching to ComCrap cable.
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said by phatmdcrab:

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2003-07-29 18:19:35 EST: 19 / 89

Your download speed : 19410 bps, or 19 kbps.
A 2.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 89285 bps, or 89 kbps.

OMFG!!!!! this is a first after 2+ years of great service

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Well I dont live in Maryland but in New Jersey and this sucks around 1PM today I kept getting disconnected then reconnected and then disconnected....... Its 8:35 right now ans so far no disconnects for about an hour or two. Called tech support and they said it was because my phone cord to the DSL modem uses an extension cord to get to the phone jack but why wasent this happening before but today. THIS SUCKS and now I cant get on MSN it says there might be a problem with there service or its my connection problem ARGGG!!!!! CAN anyone help me thanks

reply to phatmdcrab
DITTO!! Baltimore is sucking eggs tonight.

-90+ms latency on every hop in the Verizon network
[I also noticed awful latency in the Sprint and AOl networks as well???]
-50% dropped packets on several Verizon hops

I came to complain about the 90+ms latency tonight and dropped packets......and lo and behold this is old news.

THis place is great....
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reply to phatmdcrab
My Verizon DSL experience basically boils down to "Worked flawlessly for several months, now approaching useless". The problems seemed to start one weekend about a month ago with surfing slowing way down or coming to a complete halt for a few minutes. It's gradually increased until now it's sluggish more often than not. I can no longer count on getting a good connection anymore.