wow going to shiz in W.O.W. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r8622207 en Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:14:15 EDT Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:14:15 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8857848 mnhall : well... it could be in the NIC card or perhaps settings on the computer. I only say this because of the fact i live in Naperville, same town and only a couple miles away from Goober. He gets 3.4mbps and i get 4.5mbps. I was ... infact gettign 3.4 just like he until i put the modem on a differnt computer with a differnt nic card with differnt settings and such for the nic card.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8857848 Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:55:22 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8838550 merlinm7774 : I dont think it is the NIC card. I live in Glendale Heights and have the same problem. I have replaced the NIC card, reformated, changed firewalls, had the tech guys out and still have not reached 4 meg. My signals are fine. When they worked on the network 2 weels ago it helped, I went from 2.8 meg to 3.3 to 3.5 meg. I have talked with one of the vice presidents and he stated some equipment needs to be replaced and that will not be done until the end of January or Febuary.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8838550 Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:02:03 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8837667 imrf :
said by waynebike See Profile:
hey naperville guys, its not your nics,


And you know this for a fact. You went to their houses and tested their machines when they weren't home? It could be a NIC issue with messed up drivers. Its already been stated that part of Naperville is running fine, WOW just has it out for Goober See Profile. I had a machine here in my house that would not hit 4Mbps on the Ultra package, I formatted the drive and installed a fresh copy of XP and all of a sudden the machine hit 4Mbps. I attributed that machine's problem to the fact that I kept using DR. TCP trying to tweak the machine and something became royally messed up. I have not touched that machine with Dr. TCP since and still hit 4Mbps to this day.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8837667 Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:23:07 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8837626 waynebike : hey naperville guys, its not your nics, WOW naperville is just really messed up. I do like WOW's service, although sometimes it takes a while to get things fixed, especially when you are the only one noticing something! I cant ever seem to get above the "invisible cap" @ 3.3 mbps. I am going to start calling every day agian like i was doing before when i had problems. I would advise that you guys do the same and help out everyone who is using the service. The last time i had a problem with the node that i was on, it had a faulty configuration, it took about 10-15 calls and about 8-9 service techs out to my house just for them to realize that the problem was on their end :)

anyway, just wanna let you guys know, replacing the nic is not gonna give you any improvements, as even old nics operate at 10mbps, and we are only getting 4, no improvement will be made on the WAN end.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8837626 Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:18:11 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8831758 mnhall : Goob, i think it might be something with the computer you are using / the NIC card you have installed.

I have a server set up at my house and the pc that i had being the server before ran the slow speeds with like 3.3mbps down. I though to myself, maybe its a bad nic or what not.

Me being lazy and not wanting to open up the pc to replace the nic i just connected the modem to an old server i used to use, ran a speed test and got the speeds that i have been posting lately, the 4.3mbps down speeds.

So, you might always try running the test on a dif pc with the modem connected to that one and see what you get.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8831758 Fri, 19 Dec 2003 06:46:33 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8825159 Inflex :
said by Goober See Profile:
I must be the only loser with Ultra at a sub-4 Mbps download speed.


Nope. Just because I found my problem doesn't mean it's solved. I got the usual response from ZA tech support: Re-install.

The question I asked was "is the current version faster".]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8825159 Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:33:33 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8822986 Goober : I must be the only loser with Ultra at a sub-4 Mbps download speed. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8822986 Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:33:17 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8822114 Slofco : 2003-12-18 09:37:59 EST: 4210 / 532
Your download speed : 4210419 bps, or 4210 kbps.
A 513.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 532103 bps, or 532 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8822114 Thu, 18 Dec 2003 09:41:51 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8819647 Goober :
said by mnhall See Profile:
Im not sure if you know where this is, but im off of Iriquios and Ogden, right where the odgen mall k-mart is and right by arrowhead park and such places.

Not sure if that helped, but perhaps it did


Yeah, I know where that is. I work just about 1.5 miles from there. My house is probably about 4 miles from yours.

I wish there were other Naperville posting with their Ultra results to see whether it's a location thing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8819647 Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:28:10 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8818720 mnhall : Im not sure if you know where this is, but im off of Iriquios and Ogden, right where the odgen mall k-mart is and right by arrowhead park and such places.

Not sure if that helped, but perhaps it did]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8818720 Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:54:40 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8812262 Goober : Yep, I'm on IE. If you're getting the higher speeds, I'm thinking it's got to be my system or its configuration. One of the things I'm going to do is try popping in a new NIC instead of using the on-board one.

By the way, roughly, where are you located? I'm in Buttonwood (the area with the traffic circles) in the court across from the park there. Basically .5 miles southeast of the police station there on Aurora Ave.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8812262 Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:18:09 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8807569 mnhall : what internet browser are u running... i 95% of the time user Opera to browse the net because of features it has, such as pop-up blocker, but anywho it shows lower speeds than what they really are.

So if you are using a dif browser try just using IE, but im sure u are using IE anyways, just a thought]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8807569 Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:38:47 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8804404 Goober :
said by Inflex See Profile:
I just figured out my problem!!

Zone Alarm!

Kill ZA off, and wham! Running flat out.

Maybe time to upgrade, but 2.6 has always been great. I tried 3.0 and it was a pig. Maybe time to spring for that upgrade to 4.5.


I don't run ZA, but I have Norton's. Disabling that didn't do squat for me. I'm going to have to take some serious time and slog through some organized troubleshooting.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8804404 Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:26:23 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8803263 imrf : Technically he is over the cap, which is not uncommon with the java based tests. Our modems on the Ultra service is 4.3Mbps and some change, so your tests are right at the caps while his are over. My modem shows tests doing the same thing, but real world tests show that the actual speed is 4.3Mbps. None the less, its still faster than some competitors.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8803263 Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:13:42 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8803161 mnhall : geesh dweeb, 4.6 that is insane! that fastest i've been testing lately is like 4.3 which is still good, but your right at the cap, awesome!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8803161 Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:00:49 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8799804 dweeb : I'm in Ferndale, and I get these speeds

2003-12-16 00:59:53 EST: 4680 / 531
Your download speed : 4680402 bps, or 4680 kbps.
A 571.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 531820 bps, or 531 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8799804 Tue, 16 Dec 2003 01:00:34 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8799329 Inflex : I just figured out my problem!!

Zone Alarm!

Kill ZA off, and wham! Running flat out.

Maybe time to upgrade, but 2.6 has always been great. I tried 3.0 and it was a pig. Maybe time to spring for that upgrade to 4.5.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8799329 Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:00:09 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8799265 Inflex : well, after 11pm I can run at 4mbs.

There may be a chance it's this clunky old PC, but I doubt it. Line quality tests were horrid tonight.

No biggie, it would be nice to download at 450k, but I can live with 390 :).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8799265 Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:52:38 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8799031 anon : This is from roseville, get this all day and night.

2003-12-15 23:30:47 EST: 4339 / 521
Your download speed : 4339844 bps, or 4339 kbps.
A 529.7 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 521739 bps, or 521 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8799031 Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:31:44 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8797808 Inflex : Don't feel bad Goober, I just switched to Ultra tonight, and I'm also not able to sustain over 3.3mbs. I can peak at 4.3, but not run constantly at it.

Gonna try later during non-peak times and see what happens.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8797808 Mon, 15 Dec 2003 21:34:55 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8783340 Goober : No, not yet. With the holidays and year end coming up at work, things have been too busy lately. I probably won't get a chance to tinker until sometime after new year.

I'll definitely post whatever results I get (haven't I been bellyaching all along anyway?).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8783340 Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:02:28 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8782536 mnhall : Goober.... any new test results lately?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8782536 Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:59:30 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8751022 Goober : Yeah, that's why I need to run some numbers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8751022 Wed, 10 Dec 2003 23:32:30 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8749798 mnhall : i believe comcast is way more expensive, my dad wanted to switch to comcast after seeing last months bill but it was like 100$ a month for thme with the set up we have now. so it would be pointless. if we only pay 78$ a month with 2.5 X the speed with that price locked till 2005.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8749798 Wed, 10 Dec 2003 21:34:12 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8748366 Goober : Yeah, I will try again sometime soon. End of year is keeping me too bust to experiment. If I don't get the 4 eventually, I'll be asking WOW to give me Comcast prices (or I'll move over if they are cheaper).

If I have to be stuck at 3 Mbps, there's no way those F'ers are going to keep getting the premium they are charging me for Ultra.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8748366 Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:19:47 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8747996 mnhall : Goober, you experience any changes in speed lately? I am curious on why you arent getting your 4.0 speed.

2003-12-10 18:37:06 EST: 4411 / 537
Your download speed : 4411073 bps, or 4411 kbps.
A 538.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 537827 bps, or 537 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

That is just a speed test i did just like 3 minutes ago ** 540pm** and the speeds are very very nice for me and i am in naperville. You may want to send someone high up at WOW an e-mail, whenever i have problems that is what i do and they fix them right away! i mean, my problem was like for 10 days and fixed. well 2 days after they were supposed to fix everything anyway.

I am kind of tired and not sure if that made any sense. but try to e-mail them!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8747996 Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:43:06 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8716045 Goober :
said by J D McDorce See Profile:
No argument there. I was trying to offer up suggestions for things to look at to explain why performance was better on one of this computers than the other.


Oh yeah, I agree. That's one of the things that needs to be checked in any speed issue inquiry.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8716045 Sun, 07 Dec 2003 14:36:24 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8713674 J D McDorce : No argument there. I was trying to offer up suggestions for things to look at to explain why performance was better on one of his computers than the other.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8713674 Sun, 07 Dec 2003 08:47:27 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8713086 Goober :
said by J D McDorce See Profile:
You might take a look to see what other programs are running on both computers and compare them. For example, I can repeatably influence speed test results on my setup by disabling NIS 2004.


That might be a problem on a case-by-case basis, but I think it's pretty clear that on the whole the Michigan folks and other non-Naperville communities are clearly and consistently measuring higher throughputs (except for very fortunate mnhall)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8713086 Sun, 07 Dec 2003 03:45:16 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8713079 Goober : Interesting. I'm basically a couple of blocks south-east of the intersection of North Aurora and River. I wonder where I fall i their nose areas.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8713079 Sun, 07 Dec 2003 03:43:03 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8712867 waynebike : well im right near downtown naperville and i have had alot of problems too, it took me 3 months to get my signal issues fixed. i just ran a bandwith test and im still not gettin my 4mbits, even after rebooting modem and bypasing router, im still at 3500-3600 down. this is what i really dont understand, my upload, is always perfect, no matter how shitty my download is, every test i have in my bandwitdh history read at over 530kb upload, and my download goes anywhere from 120-3600. but w/e i guess i am satisfied with a 3600 down connection.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8712867 Sun, 07 Dec 2003 02:39:45 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8712678 houmi : Just so you know, I have had WoW in Naperville for awhile, and I have run into tons of problems, I sometimes take the router out and hook up directly just to make sure it is not the router, sometimes it is weird, I come at home and the speeds are very slow (I'd say 300/300) and I am at Advanced, I turn off the cable modem, pc. Turn on Cable modem, then PC and everything goes back to normal.

Couple weeks ago, I talked to a Tech who worked at WoW and now has moved on into better job, he told me that the homes in the north Naperville (North of N Aurora, East of 59) have a lot of problems compare to homes in downtown Naperville or south of Naperville. He said this has to do mainly because of noise. Also he said this is also caused because we're very close to their Center which I assume is someplace close by Diehl road. He said, they do fine tune their system at the center all the time, noise checks (whatever it means), but sometimes by calling people to come to your house and check the cable box it could help.

He also said these things usually happen when they do add nodes, I assume couple months ago they upgraded to couple more DS3's ?

Anyways, good luck... I just have come to the habits of turning off/on cable modem when I get home from work, but sometimes it gets frustrating, though I can't complain about the combo tv deal and 2M/300K

Houman]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8712678 Sun, 07 Dec 2003 02:00:39 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8712566 waynebike : i havnt been back to these forums in about a month and now after putting up with their sort of glass ceiling "3mbit" limit on the ultra package i am going to try to steps that you suggested, i was just running emule so in about 20-30 minutes i will run a bandwidth test after unpluging and reseting my modem and router. hopefully this will solve all of my issues.

thanks guys!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8712566 Sun, 07 Dec 2003 01:39:11 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8704752 J D McDorce : You might take a look to see what other programs are running on both computers and compare them. For example, I can repeatably influence speed test results on my setup by disabling NIS 2004.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8704752 Sat, 06 Dec 2003 10:13:22 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8704512 mnhall : actually the NIC i was using was a NetGear one, not the built in one. and it had the up-to-date drivers for it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8704512 Sat, 06 Dec 2003 09:28:00 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8703165 imrf :
said by mnhall See Profile:
I cant for the life of me figure out why it sucks on a 2,000$ sony vaio


Well right there is the problem.;) j/k. Sony is notorious for having old/crappy drives installed on their computers. Did you check for the latest and greatest drivers for your NIC. Also you may want to try adding a new one in the machine, since probably its a built in one, and sometimes they just are flaky.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8703165 Sat, 06 Dec 2003 01:27:44 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8703001 Goober : Thanks. I hope so too, but even otherwise I can live with it. Don't like it, but hey . . . ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8703001 Sat, 06 Dec 2003 00:58:59 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8702968 mnhall : well goob, i wish you the best of luck. It seems like sometimes it doesnt work on one pc but flys on another. I cant for the life of me figure out why it sucks on a 2,000$ sony vaio but rocks on a crap compaq that is mostly made by me like 3 years ago.

Im not sure how that works out but it does. so any who, just keep trying and playing around with it and im sure u will get it to work sometime soon.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8702968 Sat, 06 Dec 2003 00:53:57 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8699036 Goober : Lol . . . I teak my machine every other weak or so in the vain hopes it gets better. I haven't tried it since the fix, so maybe it's worthwhile to revisit it. I just did simple resets. I'll keep my fingers crossed, but I'm not holding my breath.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8699036 Fri, 05 Dec 2003 17:39:26 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8698854 mnhall : i tested i am now using another computer has my host for the modem, the internet is blazing on this computer and i love it. Goober, im not sure what to do for u... but now we know naperville is fixed so u just gotta tweak that shizzle.

try www.speedguide.net thats where i got the tweak for this computer a lil while ago.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8698854 Fri, 05 Dec 2003 17:23:19 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8694562 Goober :
said by mnhall See Profile:
lol ive been getting 4.3 all night. Its kind of funny. but ... sorry to hear of your bad news :(


Squat for me still.

2003-12-05 09:18:27 EST: 3296 / 545
Your download speed : 3296896 bps, or 3296 kbps.
A 402.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 545454 bps, or 545 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

At least there's one Naperville person to whom I can point when taking this up with WOW.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8694562 Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:19:18 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8694154 tadmaz : Look at that upload mnhall! :D Tweaking helped you a lot!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8694154 Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:06:25 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8691956 mnhall : lol ive been getting 4.3 all night. Its kind of funny. but ... sorry to hear of your bad news :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8691956 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 23:14:38 EDT Re: wow going to shiz: Schaumburg now slower http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8691581 bshelly : Well isn't this special...

I'm glad they fixed Naperville, but they broke Schaumburg while doing it:

chi.speakeasy.net. . .
2003-12-04 22:35:42 EST: 3641 / 536
Your download speed : 3641926 bps, or 3641 kbps.
A 444.5 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 536288 bps, or 536 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Tuesday morning I was getting 4300+ kbps.

WOW! has some serious problems in IL.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8691581 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 22:41:08 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8690960 mnhall : Alright, ran a test from another computer and got these results.

2003-12-04 21:27:40 Speed test @ chi.speakeasy.net 4583/525 kbps

2003-12-04 21:26:54 Speed test @ chi.speakeasy.net 4650/445 kbps

this was when the modem was directly plugged in to that computer. All i can say is DAMN! its fast as hell on that computer, so now i know its my computer and not the line.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8690960 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 21:46:32 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8689922 mnhall : Ok, i did some tweaking and this it what i came up with

2003-12-04 20:11:06 EST: 3776 / 526
Your download speed : 3776972 bps, or 3776 kbps.
A 461 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 526038 bps, or 526 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

the download is still the same, but the upload is back to normal, haha. I turned on like 2 things.

the Selective ACK's is on and the Path MTU Discovery is Yes too now.

But i think the RWIN could still be better for a better upload. not sure. any suggestions welcome, thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8689922 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:14:15 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8688810 mnhall : thanks, ill try that setting you just suggested and report back!

but ... there is like 100 differnt options in Dr.TCP **not litterally** and im not sure waht to set them all at, so ill post what i have and maybe if someone knows what tehy mean they can tell me if there good or not.

Ok here it goes

Tcp Recieve Window: 32120
Window Scaling: No
Time Stamping: No
Selective Acks: No
Path MTU Discovery: No
Black Hole Detection: No
Max. Duplicate ACK's: BLANK
TTL: BLANK
MTU: BLANK

Thanks guys!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8688810 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:41:58 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8688552 tadmaz : If your download is that close to 4300 and your upload is over 100k off, try tweaking with Dr. TCP. Set your RWIN to 32120 (I get 4300 / 530 with this RWIN), or something else around there.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8688552 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:19:10 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8688327 Goober :
said by mnhall See Profile:
I got an e-mail from the guy I've been talking to about this whole problem. He told me to unplug modem, turn off pc, plug in modem, let it power up.

Then power up the pc again... i did and look at my speed now!

2003-12-04 17:40:02 EST: 3955 / 385
Your download speed : 3955106 bps, or 3955 kbps.
A 482.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 385505 bps, or 385 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

only 200k below cap, i mean its literally right at 4megs now. so try that goober and we will see what happens with u.


Awesome. I had done the "unplug the modem" thing, but didn't see a change. So tonight I'll follow your procedure. I'm hoping that will do it. Otherwise, I guess I'll have to get off my lazy butt (figuratively speaking I suppose) and pursue this.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8688327 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:00:26 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8688133 mnhall : I got an e-mail from the guy I've been talking to about this whole problem. He told me to unplug modem, turn off pc, plug in modem, let it power up.

Then power up the pc again... i did and look at my speed now!

2003-12-04 17:40:02 EST: 3955 / 385
Your download speed : 3955106 bps, or 3955 kbps.
A 482.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 385505 bps, or 385 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

only 200k below cap, i mean its literally right at 4megs now. so try that goober and we will see what happens with u.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8688133 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 17:42:23 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8686557 Goober : No change at all. I responded in the other thread. This is what I said:

I got squat in Naperville. And--in reference to another posting by mnhall--I have great signal levels after WOW came out and did some work at my place a while ago to fix my sync-loss woes. Made/makes no difference to my speed. I'm testing at between 2900 and 3200.

2003-12-02 23:53:36 EST: 3151 / 208
Your download speed : 3151568 bps, or 3151 kbps.
A 384.7 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 208170 bps, or 208 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8686557 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:59:58 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8685301 mnhall : Goober . . .

Anything happen for you after there supposed night of fixing the problem?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8685301 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 12:49:33 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8666114 Goober : I assume you reset the modem and all that good crap.

100-200Kb is meaningless really. Time of day, congestion, blah, blah, blah. It looks like nothing really changed.

I guess I'll find out this evening when I get home.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8666114 Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:45:36 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8665629 mnhall : I've noticed maybe a gain of 100-200kb. . . but that could also be the time of day i did the test compared to the normal time of day i do it.

I am going to e-mail them back after i get home tonight and find out for sure there was no improvment and see what the guy has to say.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8665629 Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:51:59 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8664925 DPF : Right on, hope it all work(ed) out for you guys. In the other thread it appears as though there was a definite improvement in Schaumberg. Haven't seen any Naper-thrill updates yet after alleged service last night.

-DPF]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8664925 Tue, 02 Dec 2003 11:28:33 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8660522 Goober : Keeping my fingers crossed . . . ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8660522 Mon, 01 Dec 2003 21:26:52 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8659774 mnhall : ya i think its just there servers have problems giving the ultra speed, but anywho tonight they are updating that CMTS code or whatever... we will see in the morning how that goes!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8659774 Mon, 01 Dec 2003 20:22:43 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8654916 Goober :
said by mnhall See Profile:
i never had any prob with my advanced service either, but try upgrading to the ultra and see if u can get the 4, and then when u dont u can see everyone else's point of view :)


Ditto on that. No problems on Advanced. No gain by eliminating the router either.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8654916 Mon, 01 Dec 2003 12:03:05 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8654121 mnhall : i never had any prob with my advanced service either, but try upgrading to the ultra and see if u can get the 4, and then when u dont u can see everyone else's point of view :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8654121 Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:20:43 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8654083 DPF : Not to fuel any fires, but i'm in Naperville and been having no probs. I did see slow-downs a few weeks ago, but after doing some troubleshooting I realized the problem was on my end (wireless router causing big slowdowns on downstream pipe, taking my 2Mb down to 200K. Reflashed router, played with some settings, been at 2.1Mb ever since on Advanced)

Just throwing that in there to make the claim that not all of this area seems to be in trouble.

Have had no disconnects and running full speed with the exception as noted due to probs on my end.

-DPF]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8654083 Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:15:49 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8630239 Goober : Comparing to Comcast also meant nothing.

Please don't treat me like I'm clueless about cable. You really don't have to explain to me how any of this stuff works. I spent several years working with inventors at GI/Motorola in advanced development of cable technologies (look at some of the latest Motorola patents and there are others still not published or issued), so I understand plant issues etc.

My main point was that I would have hoped that WOW would have maintained similar operating standards across all their networks. I wasn't trying to engage in a technical discussion.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8630239 Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:44:10 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8624098 imrf : Just because Ameritech built all systems does not mean anything. They are separate plants, thus will have their own problems. Its all in the way the system is maintained, and it sounds like the IL and OH systems have a problem maintaining the networks, while Michigan(WOWs largest system) is maintained properly.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8624098 Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:22:34 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8623720 Goober : The Comcast systems were initially based off of the old Jones systems (I know they rewired, etc.) so Comcast I don't think makes it an apples to apples in this case.

I would have hoped that the WOW network, based on similar Americast setups across their network would be somewhat more consistent when it comes to noise, levels, etc.

The tech had mentioned (for what it's worth) that the entire Naperville network is noisy.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8623720 Thu, 27 Nov 2003 16:12:52 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8623485 tadmaz : I am getting the same things here in Mount Prospect...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8623485 Thu, 27 Nov 2003 15:32:09 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8623177 imrf :
said by mnhall See Profile:
I mean its unexceptable to have a shitty network and then charge people up the ass for speed u cant even come close to promising.


Take a gander at the people in the Comcast forums and you will see that even the Comcast Chicago systems are very problematic, and WOW does not charge as much as Comcast does, so they are really getting screwed. Fixing network problems takes time to find the problem and them find the fix. It can take weeks to months to fix some issues, that is the nature of the cable beast. And if its and ingress/noise issue that is very tough to find. They would have to disconnect everyone from each segment, trap off the network then look to see if the plant itself has noise, if it doesn't then its a customer causing the problem from crappy house wiring which will require WOW to come out and fix.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8623177 Thu, 27 Nov 2003 14:35:47 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8623119 Goober : Can you tell me what emails you wrote to. I'll send a message also. I haven't had the bad speeds you're reporting, but I don't get as fast as speeds as I see reported from non-Naperville people.

Sometimes I wonder if we hadn't been the first to get WOW if our system would have been better. On the other hand, Arlington Heights I believe was one of the first communities that got Americast when they came on the scene and it looks like their problems are fixed.

Maybe there's hope for Naperville.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8623119 Thu, 27 Nov 2003 14:23:45 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8622325 mnhall : I've sent e-mails to 2 of the top people from IL as i recall ... getting the e-mails strait from their webpage. They both sent me back e-mails saying "its being worked on" and "we have a window on dec 01 to work on it" so if its not clean and fast and nice again by dec 01 im really letting them have it. I mean its unexceptable to have a shitty network and then charge people up the ass for speed u cant even come close to promising.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8622325 Thu, 27 Nov 2003 12:33:41 EDT Re: wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8622275 Phoenix2088 : Naperville from what I hear is a pretty shitty system, so I understand where you are coming from. I would fire off a few emails to the top people over at WOW and see what they can do, the just recently fixed an issue pretty quickly a few days back so it might not be that bad of an idea. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8622275 Thu, 27 Nov 2003 12:26:13 EDT wow going to shiz http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8622207 mnhall :
Is it just my line or is everyone experiencing problems with there wow just being pure shit lately. pardon my language but i am very FED up over this company right now.

Webpages are taking minutes instead of seconds to load, AIM takes a couple mins to send and recieve IM's and view profiles. Its not like i download much so i know i am not using to much bandwidth so they limit me, and all i really do is look up webpages.

Its just very frustrating when i come home and the modem light is just blinking because there is no connection. And then i finally get one and its dropped 3 minutes later. I am near the end of my rope with wow and there whole shit internet lately. Especially over the fact that they cant even get their servers to work correctly to give us people who pay 80$ a month for 4mbps service and only get 2.8-3mbps.

- So in conclusion, if anyone else is having these problems, respond to this thread, bc im sure people from WOW look at these forums to see how their doing and look for stuff they can do better! so lets let them know what we feel about their service.

Dont get my wrong thoguh, i have been a loyal customer since day 1 with wow and their internet. I was in fact one of the first to get there cable modem in Naperville area. And never had problems till the last 3 weeks to 1 month.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8622207 Thu, 27 Nov 2003 12:18:03 EDT