 Gza14
join:2002-12-31 Scarborough, ON | 3web Cable Slow Today?
Speedtest results in 1Mb down, Scarborough area.
Anyone else? |
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  Scoop
join:2006-08-05 Kanata, ON | Sounds like what I used to get with 3web.  |
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 Gza14
join:2002-12-31 Scarborough, ON
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They're fine for the most part, it's just been the last few days that things've been... a tad hairy.
Surely it can't be attributed to the fact that many have just finished school.... |
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 elwoodblues
join:2006-08-30 Toronto, ON
| reply to Gza14 I was about see if anyone had seen this problem too. Yup the last couple of days things have been tanking bad. Right now I'm getting 5mb used to get a FULL 7mb day or night
Yesterday afternoon I think I was getting 3mb.
Perhaps that "maintainence" they were doing earlier in the week did something. It's gotten worse this week. |
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 Cromsby
join:2008-05-04
edit: May 4th, @04:52PM
| reply to Gza14 I thought it was just my account.
I joined 3web 5 days ago and for the first 2 or 3 days the speed was awesome. I'm on the Silver package and I was getting 2mb downloads (twice the advertised speed).
The past 2 days my tested speed has been 1.5 mbps, but I can only download things at a max of 30 kbps... which is horrible.
A few question for long-time 3web users:
Do they throttle? If so, when and how bad?
Is YouTube throttled? I've been getting terrible speeds lately.
How's the service overall? The first 2 days I would rate it an A+, but the last 3 days have been a D-. |
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 Gza14
join:2002-12-31 Scarborough, ON
| reply to elwoodblues Okay, I'm getting 1.8 / 440 now.
Didn't know they were doing maintenance... where'd you see this? At the 3web account page thingy?
Cromsby: No, they don't throttle at all. Overall, I'd rate the service A- / A... I just wish the upload speeds were better. |
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  anonCromsby
@3web.net
| That's awesome. I look forward to this "maintenance" being completed. I'm in Scarborough as well, btw.
Like I said, for the first 2 days the speeds were TWICE what I was getting with Rogers.
On the other hand, Rogers was ALWAYS consistent @ 1 mbps. I've found 3web to be all over the place and capping me @ 30 kbps for downloads the past few days (which really sucks hard). |
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  callous99
@cia.com | reply to Gza14 It was so bad I had occasionally no bandwidth through 2 days.
Since nobody else in here reported it, I thought it was just affecting my street. |
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 john_02
join:2005-01-31 North York, ON | reply to Gza14 It's the same with me. I restarted my modem and it seemed to fix the issue with a new IP. So far there is been couple of time outs and rapidshare downloads are downloading at 35kb/s. It fairly sucks! |
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 elwoodblues
join:2006-08-30 Toronto, ON
| reply to Gza14 said by Gza14 :Okay, I'm getting 1.8 / 440 now. Didn't know they were doing maintenance... where'd you see this? At the 3web account page thingy? Cromsby: No, they don't throttle at all. Overall, I'd rate the service A- / A... I just wish the upload speeds were better. I had an IP but couldn't get on internet,when I called Tech support I got instead of the standard "There are no problems reported on the network", there was a message about maintenance |
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 Gza14
join:2002-12-31 Scarborough, ON
edit: May 5th, @09:10PM
| Ahh okay, I should really keep their tech-support number handy. Thanks. 
Hmmm:
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  Stinkfoot
join:2007-01-04 Nepean, ON
| I noticed my voice terminal receiving info the other night, maybe they are working on networks or something?
I have noticed over the past couple of weeks that I no longer get my 9500+ D/L speeds I was consistantly getting, now it seems like this is the best I can do? 

Maybe heavier network load, or 'cause students are home etc??? |
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  bigger_
@cia.com | reply to Gza14 Yap same problem here in mississauga.Internet is very slow.Can someone confirm it? |
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  thebakeman
join:2004-03-25 Etobicoke, ON | slow here too and lag seems much worse as well |
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 Gza14
join:2002-12-31 Scarborough, ON
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Seems like during midnight / noon hours, the speeds are fine.
As far as gaming is concerned, my pings have remained the same; unsure about the random mild packet-loss though, as it could also be the server I normally play at. |
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 john_02
join:2005-01-31 North York, ON | reply to Gza14 its crap again!~!!
3web-cybersurf please fix it as soon as possible!!
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 elwoodblues
join:2006-08-30 Toronto, ON | reply to Gza14 Whatever they were maintaining seems to be done. Things are back to normal with a free and clear 7mb at 8:15 at night.. a first in almost a week |
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  Stinkfoot
join:2007-01-04 Nepean, ON | Here's one from just now...tonite
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 Gza14
join:2002-12-31 Scarborough, ON | reply to elwoodblues Fine here too.  |
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 elwoodblues
join:2006-08-30 Toronto, ON | reply to Cromsby I don't get it.
Why would you pay $20/month for 1 or 2mb when you can get 7mb for 33? |
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