FL Man
@dsl-w.verizon
| reply to peckskill
Re: [ Brighthouse] Slowdowns in Tampa Bay???
Yes, I noticed the same thing...for the last three days, when I get up in the morning, I'm getting my 15mb down, and after I get home from work around 5pm, the connection drops to about 2-3mb down. The interesting thing is that "local" connections are still 15mb down (i.e., roadrunner's binary newsgroups, and rr's speed test), but it's connections to the "outside world" that slow down considerably. Also I've noticed each morning a "local area connection lost" icon that appears in the tray on the bottom right of the screen; perhaps somehow the connection is being reset each nigh.
I called BH about this other day, and they couldn't find anything wrong, even though I had the tech guy run his connection on the speakeasy broadband test and he maxed out, while I was getting only about 2-3mb down. |
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peckskill
join:2003-02-22
Tampa, FL
| Yeah it gets so bad my ATT Callvantage service starts dropping my calls on my IP phone. It's very predictable, starts ramping up just like you indicated. I have seen my rates drop to 400kbps/11kbps. Just maybe they should invest in a few more Cisco CCIE folks huh. |
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Brandon in Brandon
@rr.com
| Man I'd love to see 400 kbps down right now! How are you folks getting such great speeds? Yes it's not what you ordered, but look what I get:
From:
»jlab4.jlab.org:7123/
TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.0f
click START to begin
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 247.10Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 17.88kb/s
Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem
Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link
17880 bits per second! This has been going on for 4 months now. At 6 am it'll be 5,000,000 bits per second. From 6 pm to 1 am M-F and 1 pm to 5 pm Sat and Sun, it's like this. My node is obviously massively oversold, but Brighthouse doesn't give a crap. I can't get DSL, but as soon as FIOS is available, I'm switching (Verizon installed fiber along my street last month). I have the $70 a month Virtual Office "Business Class" service.
Brandon in Brandon, FL |
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FL Man
| reply to FL Man
got home today to find things at full speed. Maybe because it's Friday and the start of a weekend. Once again, I saw two "lost connection" icons in my tray. |
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Brandon in Brandon
@rr.com
| I've had Roadrunner since March 1998, the first 1 1/2 years in Clearwater and the rest in Brandon. Only 6 months out of all those years have they actually delivered their advertised speeds to me- March 2005 to September 2005 was awesome. Surfing experience felt the same as the T1 at work. Now it's back to the same old crap. 50% packet loss during peak hours. T1 costs way more. You get what you pay for I guess, yet how come others see great speeds? I look at some of the people complaining about *only* 2000 kbps down. Damn. Wish I was them. Brighthouse tech folks- I hope you are reading this. I rarely complain about anything, but frankly, I'm fed up. FIOS here I come!
Brandon in Brandon, FL |
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