W.O.W. → Recent Slowdowns for Me

This post is more of an FYI for others.

I've been on the WOW service since July 2005. When I first switched over I had a few speed problems, but those were resolved in a timely manner for me.

Since that time, I have gotten the Ultra speeds (6mb) even though I was paying for the Advanced speeds (4mb).

For whatever reason, a few days ago my wife and I both noticed that speeds had decreased. Pages were coming up with small pauses, links were taking a few seconds longer, etc.

A few speed tests over a few days showed that I was getting 4.0mb rather than the 6+ that I had been getting.

So, I believe that WOW must have went through and audited their accounts and got things where they belong. Can't really fault them for this, I was getting more than I was paying for.

So, I called WOW today and agreed to the extra $10 for the Ultra tier and within 5 minutes, I was back to 6.4 MB down and around 700up (I have the advanced phone service....and we get a little more up). For me, it's worth the extra $10 to bring up pages and get downloads faster.

It's funny how you get used to a certain Internet speed and have trouble going back to the slower speeds (even though I remember when 3mb was BLAZINGLY FAST).

So, just in case any others see something similar, this is a place to start loooking.

I cant beleive that its faster surfing. Web sites dont even give you that much bandwidth.pfft.

What lame sites do you visit? I don't have any issue hitting 6Mbps on almost all the sites I go to. Personally I want to see WOW up the speeds more, and quickly, 6Mbps is too slow.

I know I can tell if my speeds are right just by page connections and loading. The difference between 6 and 4 d/l is huge.

Run netstat or netpersec while surfing. You will NOT see it hitting 6megs down.

It all depends on the site and the content on it. Don't tell me that I won't see it hitting 6Mbps.

Yea I forgot, you have proof. And your the all mighty know it all on the wow forum. Go take a walk or something. You always crack me up trying to be mr knowitall. And I am telling you that you wont hit 6 megs while surfing.

I suggest you take your own advice. You aren't telling me anything, I know when I hit 6Mbps. There are a lot of websites that let you download at 6Mbps, sure BBR doesn't hit 6Mbps, but that's because it's all text and no content to load, find a site that has a crapload of flash and come back and let un know that you are completely wrong. Or better yet, just troll somewhere else, we don't care that you think you know more than other here, as you haven't proven it yet.

I never said or implied that I know more than anyone here. You said you hit 6megs all the time. Post some sites and let me see these sppeds you talk of.

I just find it funny that you always have to be right. Your like that kid in high school that has done it all and you know everything. You are the one always acting like you know more than everyone.

Grow up.

The sites that I regularly visited, which came up noticeably slower for me when I dropped to 4mb were

1. www.dslreports.com
2. www.fedoraforum.org
3. www.vwvortex.com
4. www.deviantart.com

I know for a fact that these sites (and others) slowed because my wife came to me and said, "have you noticed that our internet seems a little pokey over the last couple of days". Seriously, even she noticed the difference. Heck, I even changed from WOW DNS to 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 to try to speed it up, thinking it was overloaded DNS since most of the sites above are forums and primarily text.

When I suggested that we pay the extra $10 a month, she had no complaints at all.

5 minutes after making the phone call, my speed tests were back up to 6.4 down and nearly 700 up. (I had been running about 4.0down and 400 up). The sites above were noticeably faster for me and my wife said her stuff was acting like normal again.

So, I'm not sure how to quantify it "exactly", but without a doubt the experience changed when going back to 6mb.

That's far from the truth. I can and have been wrong before, but what I don't like is anonymous trolls trying to tell me that I am wrong and don't know what I'm talking about, when I do and others say the same. Sounds like you really need to grow up.

There are plenty of sites out there that will let you get 6Mbps, it's your problem if you can't find them.

Wow you proved me wrong. Post a site that will use a full 6 meg. If you cant then shaddup.

»www.apple.com/trailers

Click on any trailer and watch 6Mbps fly at you.

3.2 mbps is where I topped out at. Thats a far cry from 6mbps. Nice try super wow forum guy.

Sucks to be you. I hit 6.6Mbps from there without any problems. Sounds like you have a crappy computer or bad connection. Ohh well, I proved you wrong, you can now troll elsewhere. Thanks for playing.

When caps arent even that high you must have a super connection. You are full of it man. And I know my connection is good and my computer specs are great so that leads me to believe that you are full of it.6.6?? lmfao@imrf. This guy is such a tool.

The caps are 6.9Mbps, get over yourself.

I'm working with an engineer right now on my speed issues. The following was from the "Troy" WOW speedtest.

2006-02-12 13:43:56 EST: 3104 / 657
Your download speed : 3104 kbps or 388.1 KB/sec.
Your upload speed : 657 kbps or 82.2 KB/sec.

2/11/06 @ 6:15PM

Signal:
Downstream: 0.25dBmV
Upstream: 47.25dBmV

SEA:
Download Speed: 1754 kbps
Upload Speed: 566 kbps
SANFRAN:
Download Speed: 1518 kbps
Upload Speed: 527 kbps
LA:
Download Speed: 1343 kbps
Upload Speed: 521 kbps
DALLAS:
Download Speed: 1678 kbps
Upload Speed: 617 kbps
CHI:
Download Speed: 3987 kbps
Upload Speed: 638 kbps
ATLANTA
Download Speed: 1747 kbps
Upload Speed: 578 kbps
NY:
Download Speed: 2677 kbps
Upload Speed: 622 kbps
DC:
Download Speed: 2650 kbps
Upload Speed: 646 kbps

Speeds are good for me. 3 machines on wireless network all on and 1 hardwired to make 4 cooking at the same time.

2006-02-12 21:27:04 EST: 5353 / 639
Your download speed : 5353 kbps or 669.2 KB/sec.
Your upload speed : 639 kbps or 79.9 KB/sec.

Peak hours, Sunday night. mmmk, if you can't tell if your getting your speeds just by usage(page loading etc.) and rely on speed test to let you know, then perhaps you aren't the power user you claim. Most people who post in this forum are very knowledgeable and informed, thus the claims for you to stfu.:p thanks.

I upgraded to the 6mb a few months ago since every time before that when I called to upgrade they insisted they did not have a faster speed than what I had ( 4mb). However, I have noticed that about 6 months ago congestion has gotten a bit worse in our area in the 5pm-9pm time window. Any speed test I did with 4mb service in that window couldn't get over 3mb and I have a hard time hitting 5mb now in the same time window with the 6mb service.

Where in Westland are you located? In general terms, I'm at Ford & Wayne.

West Marquette and Newburgh

I'll PM you when I get home from Mexico. It wouldn't surprise me if we're on the same feed.

Up till two weeks ago, I was regularly over 6,,,now I'm lucky!! to get 2...
Called wow last night,,they say everything looks fine as far as my signal goes.. sending out a tech tues. I also noticed i can no longer access the webstar status pages??

My modem randomly reboots, seems like it reboots more if I upload a file.

Peak is coming and here goes my speeds as usual:

4:03PM
Download Speed: 4241 kbps (530.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1088 kbps (136 KB/sec transfer rate)

"Elevated service call" is set for Tuesday from 4-6, lets see if then can fix anything.

Receive Power Level
0.6 dBmV

Transmit Power Level
48.0 dBmV

dslreports.com speed test result on 2006-03-06 19:42:28 EST:
1774 / 275
Your download speed : 1774 kbps or 221.8 KB/sec.
That is 42.4% worse than avg. other reports from wideopenwest.com

Your upload speed : 275 kbps or 34.4 KB/sec.
That is 38.4% worse than avg. other reports from wideopenwest.com

I'm supposed to get 4000 / 300

This seems to get worse day by day!!!