pargoff
join:2006-07-05
Canton, MI | reply to WOwrly
Re: WOW throttling usenet speeds?
yeah it seems like the routing has changed and some newsservers dont like the new routing. |
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WOwrly
@wideopenwest.com | reply to pargoff
For the past 7-10 days my usenet speeds are at a total crawl and I am not a power user by any means. |
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pargoff
join:2006-07-05
Canton, MI | reply to pargoff
i signed up for usenetserver last night and i get full speeds from there so i guess it may be a routing issue through wow with power usenet. |
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pargoff
join:2006-07-05
Canton, MI | reply to Goober
powerusenet does not provide this. |
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Goober
Premium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL | reply to pargoff
Choose a different route. I know GN and NH let you do that. I assume most of the others do as well. Don't know about Astra, since I haven't had them in years. |
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pargoff
join:2006-07-05
Canton, MI | reply to Goober
no luck so far. same crap seeds and wow's cust service is 100% clueless. i guess i'm stuck with this until i can switch to a different news server. |
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Goober
Premium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL | reply to pargoff
Everything is fine here. 4 connections basically max out my line (6 mbps). |
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gene32
join:2004-05-03
Reynoldsburg, OH
 ·ViaTalk
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Like John, I use Astraweb as well and my downloads lately have been total crap. I tried different ports, same result. Speeds are hit and miss and are usually in the toilet the entire transfer. I'm going to call WOW or email them and see what's up. I know it's a WOW problem because I called my friend on the other side of Columbus with TWC/RR and his Astraweb transfers max out his connection and he's been having no problems getting full speed out of Astraweb. |
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anonamouse
@wideopenwest.com
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said by pargoff  :no idea but i have been using powerusenet for almost a month and this just started happening. this is garbage. From your response, what I suggested didn't work. Did you sign up for the "secure" account with powerusenet? If not try upgrading and use SSL on ports 443 or 563. You can reconfigure you existing newsreader if it supports SSL or install an add-on if it doesn't.
A game of cat and mouse. |
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Phoenix2088
join:2002-12-04
Strongsville, OH
clubs:
 ·WOW Internet and C..
| reply to imrf
said by imrf :said by anonamouse :
This has been going on for a couple of years at least. I'm surprised more users don't complain. I'm not sure what you're talking about, but WOW has never throttled Usenet. I get max download speeds from my Usenet provider all the time, and it doesn't matter what pipe I may be connected through. No problems here. |
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Inflex
join:2002-09-05
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said by pargoff :no idea but i have been using powerusenet for almost a month and this just started happening. this is garbage. Powerusenet and Giganews are one and the same. |
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hamburglar_
join:2002-04-29
Columbus, OH
2 edits | reply to pargoff
I get full connection speeds to both the provided Giganews (news.wideopenwest.com) account and my Easynews account. It sometimes takes 2 or 3 connections to max it out, but it always does. Not sure what the problem is there. |
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pargoff
join:2006-07-05
Canton, MI | reply to john1290
no idea but i have been using powerusenet for almost a month and this just started happening. this is garbage. |
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john1290
join:2003-12-06
Reynoldsburg, OH
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said by pargoff :yes, of course. everything was working fine...i was pegging my connection, until two days ago. Same here. I use Grab-it and when I use Astraweb, I max out my 6 meg service with 8 connections going. When I tried switching to WOW/Giganews, it dropped to about 50K/sec with 4 connections at once. Maybe it's a Giganews problem? |
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pargoff
join:2006-07-05
Canton, MI | reply to Inflex
yes, of course. everything was working fine...i was pegging my connection, until two days ago. |
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Inflex
join:2002-09-05 | reply to pargoff
You do use more than one connection, right? |
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pargoff
join:2006-07-05
Canton, MI | reply to imrf
like i said, this just started happening this week. customer service is useless. they wouldnt even reset my IP for me. |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
·Comcast
·WOW Internet and C..
| reply to anonamouse
said by anonamouse :
This has been going on for a couple of years at least. I'm surprised more users don't complain. I'm not sure what you're talking about, but WOW has never throttled Usenet. I get max download speeds from my Usenet provider all the time, and it doesn't matter what pipe I may be connected through. |
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pargoff
join:2006-07-05
Canton, MI | reply to anonamouse
wow, thanks for you help. i'll try this tonight! |
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anonamouse
@wideopenwest.com
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said by pargoff :can i spoof any MAC address i want in my router? Sure, just remember that only hex is allowed.(0-F) The first three octets indicate the manufacturer.
00-60-97-xx-xx-xx would be a 3com part and 00-C0-F9-xx-xx-xx would be Motorola for example.
It might be necessary to reboot your modem along with your router after making the change. WOW allows three IP addresses per account and the MAC addresses associated with those IP's is stored in the modem.
Good luck. |
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