faamecanic said:
WTF... you must have stock in Metrocast with that BS....
Nice try, i wish i had stock in metrocast unfortunately....
faamecanic said:
Sure getting 3,000 kb/s down is a gray area when they advertise 4,000 kb/s ...and your right this is an argument the customer will loose.
But at 300 kb/s with anywhere from 33 to 67% packetloss TO THE FIRST HOP..... sorry not buying it. When the connection speeds are so poor, and the traffic routing so bad that it causes LOSS of service.... then they are in violation and should be reported to the local county commission (that has to approve thier franchise rights).
Do you understand what packet loss is? How are you determining, your packet loss to the first hop? unless you have an analyzer on the first device there isnt a way to find that out.
I suggest you go ahead an report the cable provider. let us know what happens when they tell you that it has been divulged and you signed acceptance of it.
Actually the way Ethernet works is amazing anyways since the entire medium works with Collisions and packet loss, they are built into the correction.
faamecanic said:
Saying that "they dont gaurentee speeds" so 300 kb/s is OK is like saying you buy a sports car. That car will only do 45 mph max and that is OK because the dealer never gaurenteed the top speed. Rubbish....
Here the problem with your metaphor, sit back....
If the dealer (
Cable Internet Company) sold you a Sports Car (
Cable Internet Access) and told you that you can go 150 mph (
Upload/Download Speed) as long as there wasnt many/any/few people on the highway (
Cable Ring). Then you, with your MidLife Crisis (
thinking of your future porn downloads) say "Ok" where do i sign the loan paperwork (
Cable Internet Access Agreement form). You cant then complain that you cant go 150mph (
Upload/Download Speed) on the Beltway (
WWW) during Rush Hour (
PrimeTime), but you can at 2 AM.
The problem is with your "misunderstanding" the Cable Ring. this isnt anything new, its just new that there more people are getting higher bandwidth in this area. cable internet has been around for years, and 10 meg d-loads were available in the tysons corner area 5 years ago. but the problem with the Cable Rings has ALWAYS been there.
faamecanic said:
Im willing to bet if the shoe were on the other foot, and YOU were getting trash speeds and severe packetloss you would be crying foul. IF not then I have some ocean front property in Arizona to sell you...
I've had cable internet, unfortunately now i'm stuck with DirectWay (Cable and DSL isnt available where I Live). you want to b!tch about internet connectivity? you want to realize what packet loss actually is? latency? then get DirectWay. but i also knew, when i signed up for whatever cable access i had at the time, the limitations of it.
Once again, your failure to understand what is divulged to you, when you sign your agreement forms, doesnt make it BS. there was no reason you couldnt have said "What does this mean".
Cable internet is a cheap, easy "fix" to enduser higher bandwidth demands. It doesnt cost you any extra to get it (as long as you already have cable available in your area) and it doesnt cost the provider any extra since its already run to your home. 2 years ago GMP was actually ahead of the game, they overbuilt their Cable needs at that time. unfortunately now, the demand has cause some areas to have poorer access than they realized. (ie more people on the rings than they originally intended).
