[ale] RE: Latency issues on DSL

[Geoffrey]

Greg Canter wrote:
> 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) :

I can't believe that SpeakEasy dsl is not available in my area. 
According to their website I can get a T1 or isdn from them.

I abhor Comcast and Bellsouth.  Both act like the monopoly they are.  As 
Clark Howard says, Customer NO-service in both cases.  I find the 
arrogance of both disgusting.


> 
> - 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

Here here.

> 
> 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.

I spoke to one of the folks at Speedfactory last night as I had the same 
issues again.  He claimed it was an upstream provider issue and they 
were narrowing in on the cause.  No ETA though. :(

> 
> - 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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