Speed test

[BoyGenius]

Originally Posted by Dukesdad

I'm not a gamer however it runs so slow at times it's very noticable.

I powered them both down and plugged in directly from the modem, bypassing the router and had the same issues. Any idea who the count emplyee is?

Try this guy:

Boards and Commissions - Cable Advisory Committee

[Dukesdad]

Originally Posted by BoyGenius

Try this guy:

Boards and Commissions - Cable Advisory Committee

Thanks, I'll work with metrocast and see if they can do anything about my issue first and if not, I'll drop him a line.

[pappascw]

I get a pretty consistent 6MB well now 7MB. But around 5-7pm it defintely slows down due to the high usage during that timeframe..

[G1G4]

Usually, your speed slows down through a router anyway because of the buffering transfer it has to go through. The only way to fix that is to buy new antennas. I notice occasionally that my speed will differ, however, some of it can be the websites, and some can be you.

[Baja28]

1st test to the DC server. http://www.speedtest.net/result/384146539.png

2nd test to the San Diego server. http://www.speedtest.net/result/384147111.png

Only half the 7M I should be getting.

[BoyGenius]

Originally Posted by G1G4

Usually, your speed slows down through a router anyway because of the buffering transfer it has to go through. The only way to fix that is to buy new antennas. I notice occasionally that my speed will differ, however, some of it can be the websites, and some can be you.

NO properly working router is responsible for Metrocrap's performance issues.

[BoyGenius]

You know what's a hilarious subject on this topic is these companies try to downplay the effects of HDTV coming down the pipes on Internet performance. I've heard all kinds of crazy explanations such as the two are on different frequencies etc. Who cares, it's all coming down the same pipe and HDTV takes up huge bandwidth.

The other hilarious subject is some ISP's are starting to implement download quotas. Example your household gets 20 gigs per month of Internet. Go over, you pay XX dollars per gig in penalties.

Again, it's hilarious they can get away with this crap. TV and Internet comes down the same piece of cable. They're effectively saying family X can watch HDTV 24 hours per day, but if family Y uses too much Internet bandwidth they should be punished.

Any thoughts on this?

[Dukesdad]

From DC

[Dukesdad]

Originally Posted by BoyGenius

The other hilarious subject is some ISP's are starting to implement download quotas. Example your household gets 20 gigs per month of Internet. Go over, you pay XX dollars per gig in penalties.

Direcway has a per day allowance then cut your speed down to almost nothing for 24 hours if you go above it....

[BoyGenius]

Originally Posted by Dukesdad

Direcway has a per day allowance then cut your speed down to almost nothing for 24 hours if you go above it....

That's a different subject though because Directway only sells Internet. I'm talking cable companies that do TV and Internet.

That 42 ms is bad. That's the response time from when you click on something until something happens. I'd be nailing them on that too when you talk to them. It should be down in the 20-30 range max.