DavesnothereNo-BHELL-ity DOES have its Advantages
join:2009-06-15
START&Cogeco
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1 edit | Phantom PING Apprehended !
Yes, folks, the notorious 'Phantom PING', who terrorized the Cogeco Ontario Aggregated POI to the tune of about 20 extra milliseconds of latency for the past few weeks, was quietly taken into custody and disarmed by a specially assigned covert IT sting team.
As a result, the ping now to be expected for those subscribers using Nexicom's Toronto server on a Start thru Cogeco account is once again 20ms or lower.
Neither Start nor Cogeco reps have responded to our requests for an interview at the time this article went to press.
However, all is well.
Next is a sample of the good stats.
Here we go, at 3:30 PM EDT :
START's 16/1 profile over an Eastern Ontario Cogeco feed, D3 Modem.
Upstream should be a tad faster, but there was about 160Mbps of other traffic at same time as test.
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We have only 2 things about which to worry :
(1) That things may never get back to normal
(2) That they already HAVE !
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Or you can still use Canadian Broadband.
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bt
join:2009-02-26
canada
kudos:1 | I'll have to check my Rogers-area connection tonight. I was about 20 ms higher than I had been on Rogers as well. |
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bt
join:2009-02-26
canada
kudos:1 | To Nexicom Toronto on Start via Rogers:
To Kanata (which Rogers tested against for the server auto-select):
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 GonePremium
join:2011-01-24
Fort Erie, ON
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The most amusing thing of all is that I ran this test over wifi. |
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 roccaStart.caPremium
join:2008-11-16
London, ON
kudos:11 | reply to Davesnothere
Yes, about 20ms shaved back off Wednesday early morning. Sorry for late update, was out of town... |
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»www.speedtest.net/result/1944652638.png
This is from the Petawawa area to the Oakville server. I think I am only on 14/1 as thats the highest they offer here right now. |
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GonePremium
join:2011-01-24
Fort Erie, ON
kudos:3 Reviews:
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| said by 49667909:This is from the Petawawa area to the Oakville server. I think I am only on 14/1 as thats the highest they offer here right now.
That looks like 16/1, not 14/1. |
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DavesnothereNo-BHELL-ity DOES have its Advantages
join:2009-06-15
START&Cogeco
kudos:6 |
@ Jayman, u should try the Toronto Nexicom server.
Ping may be lower.
@ BT, I'm not sure that the Phantom had an evil cousin who was robbing the Rogers zones.
But that's decent enough ping nonetheless.
And you are on the 18/.5 plan ? |
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bt
join:2009-02-26
canada
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| said by Davesnothere:@ BT, I'm not sure that the Phantom had an evil cousin who was robbing the Rogers zones.
But that's decent enough ping nonetheless.
And you are on the 18/.5 plan ?
Yeah, I think I got tricked by the Speedtest.net auto-selected server in regards to ping. It selected Hamilton which tested around 40ms, and still does, while Toronto tests at 19ms.
On Toronto and Ottawa test servers, I get around the same ping as I did with Rogers. Probably would have been true for the Hamilton servers as well.
Yes, I'm on the 18/0.5 plan. |
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DavesnothereNo-BHELL-ity DOES have its Advantages
join:2009-06-15
START&Cogeco
kudos:6 | said by bt:Yeah, I think I got tricked by the Speedtest.net auto-selected server in regards to ping. It selected Hamilton which tested around 40ms, and still does, while Toronto tests at 19ms.
It looks to me like Speedtest.net's algorithm for selecting servers is pretty basic.
It seems to ignore a farther server altogether, purely based on perceived distance by IP registrant, regardless of actual ping.
I'm in Eastern ON and if I let it choose FOR me, it most often picks Kitchener, as my IP is registered to START in London.
When with TSI, that & many other geolocating sites had thought that I was in Chatham - funny enough.
And when with GOUGEco, it usually picked Kanata (near Ottawa), which must mean that Cogeco has their IPs organized into sub-pools by area.
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We have only 2 things about which to worry :
(1) That things may never get back to normal
(2) That they already HAVE !
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START Forum »Start Communications
Or you can still use Canadian Broadband.
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DavesnothereNo-BHELL-ity DOES have its Advantages
join:2009-06-15
START&Cogeco
kudos:6 | reply to Davesnothere
Praise IT !
The powers of good have triumphed, and the 'Phantom PING' has once again been brought to justice.
Good work, all who were involved, and let's hope that he does not escape custody of the 'Network Sandbox' again !  |
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Before the fix I Couldn't max out a speedtest site like this.
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What exactly is the speed profile on Cogeco now? |
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DavesnothereNo-BHELL-ity DOES have its Advantages
join:2009-06-15
START&Cogeco
kudos:6 | said by Last Parade:What exactly is the speed profile on Cogeco now?
START offers 16/1, AFAIK. |
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| said by Davesnothere:said by Last Parade:What exactly is the speed profile on Cogeco now?
START offers 16/1, AFAIK. But people are testing slightly higher. |
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DavesnothereNo-BHELL-ity DOES have its Advantages
join:2009-06-15
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kudos:6 | said by Last Parade:But people are testing slightly higher.
SHHHHHH ! - Don't TELL anyone !  |
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| OK but for real, what is the actual profile in kilobits? |
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roccaStart.caPremium
join:2008-11-16
London, ON
kudos:11 | It's 16000/1000 almost everywhere. |
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