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Originally posted by: silverpig
Originally posted by: rahvin
Your mistake of course was buying from the telco. Through covad I have 0% packet loss, a 45ms ping to nearly anywhere on the net and a 1.5mbit download connection for $49.99 a month (taxes and surcharges included in that price)
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3 Mbit cable for $29.99 cdn/month (~$20.30 USD)

😀

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Where the hell do you live? I pay $50 a month for 768K cable.

< --- 150ms Rogers area
 
  • Are slow downs and packet loss to be expected from DSL?
  • How much is acceptable?
  • Does distance from CO effect this?
  • Should service be consistent, without packet loss, despite distance?
  • Could changing ISPs make it more reliable? (They're using the same loop, no?)
  • Where in this diagram, is my problem likely occurring?
 
Originally posted by: MichaelD
Originally posted by: rahvin
Originally posted by: MichaelD
Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak
Welcome to 3 years ago!
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Roger that.

Also, packet loss like that is very common. I had SWB DSL; direct thru Ma Bell herself, no third party nothing. I routinely failed every packet loss test on DSLreports, and about 25% of the time, never connected to a URL on the first try.

Cable rocks. 😎
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Your mistake of course was buying from the telco. Through covad I have 0% packet loss, a 45ms ping to nearly anywhere on the net and a 1.5mbit download connection for $49.99 a month (taxes and surcharges included in that price)
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How nice for you. I pay $39.99 to TimeWarner. I have 2.0mbps/384kbps speed. And I see every bit of it.
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How nice for you. I pay $59 per academic year at the University of Michigan and I usually have 5Mb down and about 6-7 Mb up. And I see (and use) every bit of it. 😉
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
  • Are slow downs and packet loss to be expected from DSL?
  • How much is acceptable?
  • Does distance from CO effect this?
  • Should service be consistent, without packet loss, despite distance?
  • Could changing ISPs make it more reliable? (They're using the same loop, no?)
  • Where in this diagram, is my problem likely occurring?
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  • No.
  • None.
  • It shouldn't.
  • Yes.
  • Possibly.
  • Most likely closer to your end.
You need to MAKE them come out and check your lines. Tell them that the service is unacceptable.
 
Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: silverpig
Originally posted by: rahvin
Your mistake of course was buying from the telco. Through covad I have 0% packet loss, a 45ms ping to nearly anywhere on the net and a 1.5mbit download connection for $49.99 a month (taxes and surcharges included in that price)
Click to expand...

[brag]

3 Mbit cable for $29.99 cdn/month (~$20.30 USD)

😀

[/brag]
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Where the hell do you live? I pay $50 a month for 768K cable.

< --- 150ms Rogers area
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It's in my profile... Vancouver. 😀
 
BTW, Comcast cable 1.5Mbps down, 640Kbps up $42.95/mo :Q Even though it is too much, I will never go back to dial up.
 
OMG, I'm screwed! Connection took a dump last night. After a while on the phone, it was determined that I had "Intermittent Sync Connection". He said the could "escalate" the case and have the line monitored. In the end, they may lower the speed to insure stable connection, switch me to another "Redback" or deny service due to distance! :Q

I'm thinking about buying a better modem. I'm using a SpeedStream 5360. Could another modem save my ass? Which one? We don't get broadband cable here, yet. I've got to hang on to this connection in some capacity. If they deny service, and I switch to another DSL ISP, it's going to be more of the same, right?
 
Eureka! I've found it! Thanks to this link! All duly recorded in my log:
  • Display time: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 7:27:17 AM


    ping -l 1024 -n 100 www.yahoo.com >> c:\sbc_log.txt

    Switching kitchen dimmer on during middle of this test:


    Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [64.58.76.227] with 1024 bytes of data:

    Reply from 64.58.76.227: bytes=1024 time=113ms TTL=240
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    Ping statistics for 64.58.76.227:
    Packets: Sent = 100, Received = 85, Lost = 15 (15% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 110ms, Maximum = 114ms, Average = 95ms
Hallelujah! 😀
 
Originally posted by: amonline
My SBC Yahoo! DSL 1.5mb/256mb was turned on last Friday. Using the Speed Test, I avg 763k. I formatted my main HD and reinstalled XP Pro and after that I now get a nice 1.173mb/245k on every test. I also removed the DSL Filter on that line and it might have seemed to help. Also The Phone companys switch is just a couple blocks from my house so thats kinda nice 😉
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How much are you paying? I am guessing 44.95? Then 64.95 after contract ends at 12 month, quickly get another 12 month contract to keep prices low! 😀
 
Still wish I had DSL!!!!!!!!!!! I'm trying to convince my mom to drop the directv. Anyone know why any of the major providers don't do packages (cable tv + highspeed internet) for a somewhat lower price?
 
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