[ale] RE: Latency issues on DSL

[Greg Canter]

Perhaps it is time to move on.  Atlantic Nexus, SpeakEasy, Comcast business
(I heard it is only $10 more then residential), are the only choices I have
seen.  BellSouth blocks smtp.  To me the requirements are (in no particular
order) :

- static IP
- consistent performance
- 5 or so email accounts
- service
- price
- can I run servers on it ?
- I don't want any blocking of any type - just a pipe please

I live in Cumming, GA.
2 wks ago dial up was faster then what I am supposed to be getting (1.5M
down). That's sad.

- Greg



On 11/9/07 10:09 AM, "List" <lst at wiencko.net> wrote:

> Yep, its not about you.  Your graph shows the same service profile I've
> seen, and the same the SF people now report - they claim the problem
> begins in the early evening and gets worse as the evening goes on.  They
> say the problem is "intermittent" - which is incorrect, it is actually
> TOD dependent.  I've seen the same pattern for about four days now.
> 
> My metrics show ping times that peak around 800ms, so your profile is
> actually a little bit better than what I've seen.
> 
> It seems to have nothing to do with the traffic on the line.  I have
> done testing with loaded lines (streaming in, out, and both) and get
> essentially the same results as with unloaded lines.  Interestingly, the
> problem only seems to affect the download side of the line.  Upload
> speeds seem to be about normal, while download speeds drop from (for me)
> 3Mbps on a good day to around 200Kbps when it is worst.  Uploads remain
> pretty constant at around 250Kbps.
> 
> Tom
> 
> cfowler at outpostsentinel.com wrote:
>> Did I see someone say that SF were having issues again?  Did they finaly
>> agree that
>> this is not caused by me using p2p and there is a real problem somewhere?
>> 
>> 
>> I've created some data
>> 
>> http://demo.opsdc.com/delay/delay.html
>> 
>> 
>> In the first graph I'm doing ping response times between me
>> at a server at quality and www.google.com.  The 2nd graph is
>> the actual traffic on the DSL line.  The reason for the 2nd is so
>> that I can prove that I'm not doing p2p or anything else that
>> could be wasting bandwidth.
>> 
>> I'll update those graphs later today.
>> 
>> 
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