[TriLUG] TWC latency issues

[Greg Brown]

A new record low on the NC Outer Banks:

2654k down
34k up

Yes, that is NOT a typo: 34k up.

On 8/10/07, Neil L. Little <nllittle at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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