[TriLUG] TWC latency issues

[Reginald Reed]

Morrisville on the 8M down/512K up service:

7146 kbps down
484 kbps down

On 8/10/07, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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