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OK, the game's over. And the $40 solution (plus tax) is (Drum Roll) a hard-wired router. After installing the router, my download speed jumped to about 12 Mbps from 7.5, and my uploading speed remained about 1 Mbps. However, Speakeasy reports much higher speeds. Who's a user to believe?
By the way, the last tecnician I spoke to at my VoIP provider, TeleBlend, recommended using a hub. However, the saleman at Fry's, a huge local electronics store and more, said hubs are obsolete and no longer carried by Fry's. Hence, I was forced to spring for the router.
The instructions that came with the router insisted I use a CD that came with the router to install it. However, that software caused me much grief. Maybe I just didn't know how to use it. Anyway, I just plugged things together manually following an almost unnecessary set of written instructions, and the router worked immediately with no grief whatsoever.
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In Topic: Up/Down Speeds With VoIP
25 July 2008 - 06:10 PM
In Topic: Up/Down Speeds With VoIP
25 July 2008 - 12:39 PM
As stated in my previous post, my VoIP provider is TeleBlend.
I called Cox again today to clarify their position regarding routers. Contrary to what I thought I was previously told, Cox states a hard-wired router should not degrade upload or download speeds. (Perhaps the previous Cox representative had wireless-router issues on her mind.) Assuming Cox is correct, that means the ATA in my system is responsible for the speed problem. So, I called my VoIP provider, TeleBlend, and asked why my ATA should be degrading my speeds and was told it shouldn't. The representative said she'd never heard of an ATA doing such mischief. I responded tests showed my ATA at least seriously degraded my downloading speed. She then suggested using a hub to distribute the signal from my modem in parallel to my computer and ATA. What say you experts???
I called Cox again today to clarify their position regarding routers. Contrary to what I thought I was previously told, Cox states a hard-wired router should not degrade upload or download speeds. (Perhaps the previous Cox representative had wireless-router issues on her mind.) Assuming Cox is correct, that means the ATA in my system is responsible for the speed problem. So, I called my VoIP provider, TeleBlend, and asked why my ATA should be degrading my speeds and was told it shouldn't. The representative said she'd never heard of an ATA doing such mischief. I responded tests showed my ATA at least seriously degraded my downloading speed. She then suggested using a hub to distribute the signal from my modem in parallel to my computer and ATA. What say you experts???
In Topic: Up/Down Speeds With VoIP
25 July 2008 - 09:24 AM
My modem is a Motorola SURFboard Model SB5101. My VoIP provider is TeleBlend.
In Topic: Up/Down Speeds With VoIP
24 July 2008 - 10:27 PM
With ATA in the Ethernet path:
Download :: 6957 Kbps or 6.96 Mbps (849 kB/s)
Upload :: 982 Kbps or 1 Mbps (120 kB/s)
Other speed-testing software, such as Speakeasy, shows slighly higher download speed (about 7.5 Mbps) and much higher uploading speed (about 4.976 Mbps), which is hard to believe.
Anyway, the big questions at the moment are these. Should a rounter seriously attenuate bandwidth from input to its various outputs? Can Cox configure a router to decrease bandwidth from input to its various outputs? Cox told me I would not get advertised download speeds if I used a router. Considering there is a router in my ATA, Cox doesn't seem to be whistling Dixie.
No measurements are being done through a VoIP web site.
Download :: 6957 Kbps or 6.96 Mbps (849 kB/s)
Upload :: 982 Kbps or 1 Mbps (120 kB/s)
Other speed-testing software, such as Speakeasy, shows slighly higher download speed (about 7.5 Mbps) and much higher uploading speed (about 4.976 Mbps), which is hard to believe.
Anyway, the big questions at the moment are these. Should a rounter seriously attenuate bandwidth from input to its various outputs? Can Cox configure a router to decrease bandwidth from input to its various outputs? Cox told me I would not get advertised download speeds if I used a router. Considering there is a router in my ATA, Cox doesn't seem to be whistling Dixie.
No measurements are being done through a VoIP web site.
In Topic: New Server = Slower Speeds Reported
17 April 2008 - 10:24 AM
Although speeds reported by testmy.net are about the same as they were before the problem, they seldom are as fast as those reported by other online test sites or close to what testmy.net reports for my ISP, Cox. For example, testmy.net this morning showed Cox to be 7.2 Mbps down and my speed to be 5.7. However, Speakeasy routinely reports my download speed to be about 7.5 Mbps. Cox advertises 7 Mbps down with short bursts above that.
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