[TriLUG] TWC latency issues

Tim Jowers timjowers at gmail.com
Thu Aug 9 14:45:08 EDT 2007


PS. I have to reset my cable modem one or more times a week. I've tracert'ed
the latency and posted it here before. It is in the TWC network. Typically
American business: give less for more. I swear even the bundle of straw are
smaller nowadays.

TimJowers


On 8/9/07, Tim Jowers <timjowers at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I believe the toastnet and other download servers to be gamed (cached). I
> regularly get 600K download speed (peak starts around 1.5Mb and then drops
> after 10 seconds or so. I very often get 10-20 seconds page load latency.
> Install the FF plugin to see how long each page takes to load.
>
> I've looked very hard for an alternative. I tried BellSouth for a few
> months but saw zero improvements in upload plus they block SMTP port.
> Download was about the same as well. Argh! The next thing I've found (A DSL
> reseller no doubt) is $115/month. AT&T's contractor, Team Net, laid fiber
> down my street probably for the Uverse service they are rolling out next
> year but the only thing they are selling now is a resell of DSL or cable.
>
>     Case in short, this in supposed to be some special high tech center
> but the Internet bandwidths and performance are a joke. No fiber to the home
> as one would expect. If NC, RTP, or Raleigh want to be known for being
> technologically savvy and/or progressive then its time to get off of our
> butts and lay some fiber. Due to the good-ole-boy system normally in place
> to get permits, one probably needs to partner with the cities. My proposal
> is to lay it down in one or two select areas here to show the
> state/city/area has some commitment to operating in a modern networking
> environment. It's not like we will be breaking any ground here... FTTH is
> common elsewhere in the world. I'm tired of being in a technology backwater
> WRT networking.
>
> IMO,
> TimJowers
>
>
> On 8/9/07, OlsonE at aosa.army.mil <OlsonE at aosa.army.mil > wrote:
> >
> > Can you host a website from your house with Earthlink (port 80). I was
> > told by the RR dudes, I could, and if the port was blocked, use a
> > different one.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto: trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> > Behalf Of Magnus
> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 1:53 PM
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] TWC latency issues
> >
> > OlsonE at aosa.army.mil wrote:
> > > Is their b/w comparable? Currently, I have RR Premium (which isn't so
> > > "premium").
> >
> >
> > The offerings are, IIRC, identical.  I even have a static IP (with
> > surcharge) and no filtered inbound ports.  Outbound port 25 is filtered,
> > forcing me to use Earthlink as a relay, but that has been working fine
> > the last couple of years for me.
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