[TriLUG] TWC latency issues

[Neil L. Little]

NC is currently 16th in the US as far as bandwidth goes

73,
Neil Little, WA4AZL

Tim Jowers 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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