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brianapp6
join:2004-10-03
Ada, MI

brianapp6

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Re: [Speed] Slow & stalled UK & EU websites for the past week on

It would be nice if someone at Comcast who works on these types of problems could tell us what the general problem is and what the timeline is to have it resolved. When I call the support number all they can tell me is that a ticket has been submitted. For all I know not enough important people are complaining and they are just throwing up their hands with the "its not our fault excuse". Is the only solution to switch to Verizon or ATT?

NormanS
I gave her time to steal my mind away
MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
TP-Link TD-8616
Asus RT-AC66U B1
Netgear FR114P

NormanS

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said by brianapp6:

For all I know not enough important people are complaining ...

Probably true. I can count the number of friends and family I know who just surf (not host with) offshore sites on the finger of one hand; and he crosses the Pacific, not the Atlantic.

My guess is that you are probably the most important Comcast user complaining about their peering problem.

ccneteng
Comcast Employee
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join:2008-02-06
Philadelphia, PA

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said by brianapp6:

It would be nice if someone at Comcast who works on these types of problems could tell us what the general problem is and what the timeline is to have it resolved. When I call the support number all they can tell me is that a ticket has been submitted. For all I know not enough important people are complaining and they are just throwing up their hands with the "its not our fault excuse". Is the only solution to switch to Verizon or ATT?

The general problem was identified in a previous post but the corrective action was external to our network and we needed to have other Internet entities (not all Internet parties have relationships and SLAs) to correct some routing.

Please be assured that engineers were working this, making calls, emails, showing proof of issue, etc. It is unfortunate that the problem took several days to correct and sorry for the inconvenience in reaching your web site.

I hope the changes have fixed your specific issue, but please post additional if it has not.
Imagnu9
join:2012-09-23

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Imagnu9

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Working fine for me thanks - everything seems back to normal speed now - an occassional slow loading page - but no pages freezing on load - thanks for all your help
brianapp6
join:2004-10-03
Ada, MI

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on 10/2 I am up to 50k/sec. Something helped but I wouldn't call it fixed. A 50kbps connection costs a lot less than the 6mbs connection I am paying for. Maybe my bill should start reflecting this. Although it is just one site in my case it may represent an issue with a whole region or country as far as I know. I just don't know the geographic locations of other sites to test the boundaries of the issue. That is for the people who get paid to maintain this service to figure out.

ccneteng
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join:2008-02-06
Philadelphia, PA

ccneteng

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said by brianapp6:

on 10/2 I am up to 50k/sec. Something helped but I wouldn't call it fixed. A 50kbps connection costs a lot less than the 6mbs connection I am paying for. Maybe my bill should start reflecting this. Although it is just one site in my case it may represent an issue with a whole region or country as far as I know. I just don't know the geographic locations of other sites to test the boundaries of the issue. That is for the people who get paid to maintain this service to figure out.

Brian, as mentioned in my direct message the 800M file problem seems to be isolated to this site and may be limitations in how many broadband downloads they can support at the same time. I've had people try this from different ISPs and the speeds range greatly across the board depending on time of day. As a reference point, we've also seen 20k/sec from 75M FiOS connections at different times.

I've also asked SteveTeow See Profile to reach out to you directly to address your expectations around your bill.

NormanS
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said by brianapp6:

on 10/2 I am up to 50k/sec. Something helped but I wouldn't call it fixed. A 50kbps connection costs a lot less than the 6mbs connection I am paying for.

How fast can they push data? I am currently seeing about 300KB/s, which is consistent with a 3.0mb/s connection (I used to have one from AT&T).




Current download speed.

I stopped the download in order to run a speed test on my connection, then resumed the download. Trouble is, I don't know which file to attempt to download (there are several), or what time to try.
brianapp6
join:2004-10-03
Ada, MI

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10/5 5:30 Pm still only getting 20k/sec. I have given up on anyone working on this issue. I guess my only choice is to switch to another service that doesn't have this problem. Comcast shouldn't just let their European sit at this rate but I guess that is what is happening.

NormanS
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said by brianapp6:

10/5 5:30 Pm still only getting 20k/sec. I have given up on anyone working on this issue. I guess my only choice is to switch to another service that doesn't have this problem. Comcast shouldn't just let their European sit at this rate but I guess that is what is happening.

Don't switch to Sonic.net, LLC; you will only be disappointed. Here is a download closer to the same time as your attempt:

Current download speed.

Granted it is faster than you are getting; but it is much slower than my off-peak hour attempt.

Plus, for grins and giggles, a trace route:
Tracing route to phoenix-sim.com [88.208.252.129]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
 
  1    <1 ms    <1 ms     1 ms  homeportal [192.168.42.1]
  2    25 ms    24 ms    25 ms  173-228-7-1.dsl.static.sonic.net [173.228.7.1]
  3    25 ms    24 ms    25 ms  gig1-4.cr1.lsatca11.sonic.net [70.36.243.13]
  4    24 ms    25 ms    24 ms  0.xe-7-1-0.gw.pao1.sonic.net [69.12.211.5]
  5    25 ms    25 ms    24 ms  0.xe-6-1-0.gw2.200p-sf.sonic.net [64.142.0.109]
  6    26 ms    26 ms    26 ms  as0.gw.200p-sf.sonic.net [208.106.96.249]
  7    26 ms    26 ms    26 ms  xe-10-1-0.bar2.SanFrancisco1.Level3.net [4.53.134.9]
  8   179 ms   179 ms   180 ms  ae-6-6.ebr2.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.140.154]
  9   179 ms   177 ms   176 ms  ae-62-62.csw1.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.153.18]
 10   178 ms   177 ms   178 ms  ae-61-61.ebr1.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.153.1]
 11   179 ms   180 ms   179 ms  ae-2-2.ebr2.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.135.186]
 12   182 ms   179 ms   179 ms  ae-6-6.ebr2.NewYork2.Level3.net [4.69.141.22]
 13   180 ms   180 ms   181 ms  ae-1-100.ebr1.NewYork2.Level3.net [4.69.135.253]
 14   181 ms   181 ms   180 ms  ae-3-3.ebr2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.132.89]
 15   179 ms   194 ms   179 ms  ae-44-44.ebr2.Paris1.Level3.net [4.69.137.61]
 16   179 ms   186 ms   179 ms  ae-59-224.csw2.Paris1.Level3.net [4.69.161.66]
 17   179 ms   180 ms   179 ms  ae-2-52.edge5.Paris1.Level3.net [4.69.139.235]
 18   184 ms   184 ms   183 ms  11-INTERNET.edge5.Paris1.Level3.net [212.73.200.54]
 19   184 ms   184 ms   184 ms  te-2-2.bb-d.ba.slo.gb.oneandone.net [212.227.120.26]
 20   189 ms   190 ms   189 ms  te2-8-11.prt0.fhdis.fasthosts.net.uk [88.208.255.189]
 21   189 ms   189 ms   189 ms  88.208.255.5
 22   189 ms   189 ms   188 ms  88.208.252.129
 
Trace complete.
 
And, finally, a current speed test:



I am not inclined to think it is just a Comcast problem.
devnuller
join:2006-06-10
Cambridge, MA

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Feel free to try another ISP, but the problem is a limitation of the download web site. I am getting 24KB through an 80Mbps Verizon account.
Imagnu9
join:2012-09-23

Imagnu9

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said by devnuller:

...but the problem is a limitation of the download web site. I am getting 24KB through an 80Mbps Verizon account.

I tend to agree with devnuller - my speeds to my own sites hosted on fasthosts have returned to normal - after 2 weeks of very slow or completely stalled loading. And it seems that checkerboard can access his french auto site fine now as well. Have you tried connecting through another isp recently to test the download onto your own computer since some of the problems have been repaired? Could it be the particular site you are accessing that may also have some problems as well?