[TriLUG] TWC latency issues

Tim Jowers timjowers at gmail.com
Thu Aug 9 14:46:50 EDT 2007


Not to mention the lack of a MAN. Downloads from ibiblio and local companies
should be more than lightening fast. WTH.

On 8/9/07, Tim Jowers <timjowers at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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