johnnyde Posted May 3, 2006 CID Share Posted May 3, 2006 Getting really poor upload speeds from xplornet. System is about 4 years old and it's just slowed down over the last couple of weeks. Spent 2 1/2 hours with tech support and got nowhere. Anyone have similar problems?? :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 14 Kbps about 0.01 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Upload Speed is:: 2 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/05/02 - 5:15pm Bottom Line:: 0X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 512 sec Tested from a 97 kB file and took 56.98464 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 15.05 % of your hosts average (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-C4VGZDPNA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheoxs Posted May 3, 2006 CID Share Posted May 3, 2006 Ive been having same problems with xplornet also, we got it a month or two ago and its been kinda crappy the whole time, upload averages 30-80kilobits when were payin for 750...if u find a answer pls say lol, ive contacted them 5 times now and gotten nowhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyde Posted May 3, 2006 Author CID Share Posted May 3, 2006 supposed to be talking to a 'supervisor' tomorrow, so if I get anything (which I doubt), I'll post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rastlin Posted May 3, 2006 CID Share Posted May 3, 2006 I am also experiencing extremly slow uploads. would like any help on this please Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted May 3, 2006 CID Share Posted May 3, 2006 Direcway is always slow on U/L unless you are running a 7000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rastlin Posted May 3, 2006 CID Share Posted May 3, 2006 In this case we are not talking slow. slow i can deal with. we are talking painfully slow less than 2 Kb/s . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted May 3, 2006 CID Share Posted May 3, 2006 Make sure you use the 579KB test for uploads. The smart test doesn't give it enough to "wam up". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deserttoad Posted May 3, 2006 CID Share Posted May 3, 2006 My sat upload has been terrible (10k), and the whole system doesn't work most of the time, still using dialup. So a big THANK YOU, goes out to WILDBLUE - over 3 hours on the phone with support so far, finally decided it was a bad install job. So last Friday I was told the installer would contact me within 48 hrs.... I'm about one call away from telling them to come get their stuff off my roof - after the 30 day trial period, I'm stuck with a 1 year contract. DT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deserttoad Posted May 4, 2006 CID Share Posted May 4, 2006 Blazing fast uploads.... :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 27 Kbps about 0.03 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Upload Speed is:: 3 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/05/04 - 6:11am Bottom Line:: 0X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 341.33 sec Tested from a 97 kB file and took 29.19072 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/418 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/417.9.2 Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 22.5 % of your hosts average (wildblue.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-3OT8QFU2W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryguy9228 Posted January 6, 2007 CID Share Posted January 6, 2007 I have the satellite internet from Xplornet. Had it for months now. I've got the KaBang. Supposed to be 1 Mbps down and 256 Kbps up. Not a chance. Usually half that or less. A lot of stalls and disconnects. I wouldn't recommend it for the money. Not only the monthly fee, but you have to pay an arm and a leg for installation and the equipment. Anytime I call tech support, they do nothing to help. Is there any way to get better service out of these guys? I called tech support last night because I kept getting dissconnected. There has not been a single day that I've had a constant connection. This time they said I got FAPed. This is not true. I monitor my data transfer and it was no where near the 169MB limit. Tried the modem, tried the anit virus, tried the spyware, took my computer to work with no probems. They have a list of excuses to get rid of you. Don't buy it. If you're having constant problems, it's on their end but they won't admit it. I've troubleshooted ever possible scenario and it all boils down to them having crap service. I am expecting a "LEVEL 2" call today because I stumped the "LEVEL 1" guy last night. I will keep everyone posted and I will continue to spread my story until I am satisfied with their service or get a refund on the $800 installation and equipment charge. There are employees of Xplornet that post here as well and they have nothing but good things to say. Do your research people. Just got off the phone with Telus and they will have DSL in my area within 2 months. That means that Xplornet will only have my business for 2 more months!!! Thank God!!! Nothing worse than crap service. It seems that's the only kind you get in Alberta!!! Kills me to have paid $800 for equipment and installation and $100/month. I'll never have anything good to say about Xplornet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 6, 2007 CID Share Posted January 6, 2007 Monotonous. ^ ^ ^ Talk about a pain in the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryguy9228 Posted January 6, 2007 CID Share Posted January 6, 2007 Again!!! Why are you following my posts? Do you work for Xplornet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deserttoad Posted January 6, 2007 CID Share Posted January 6, 2007 Hey there, I only took 4 or 5 trips of the installer coming out, claiming all was well. Next day, it would only work parttime. Finally I went out and trimmed some tree limbs (after being told there was nothing in the way) and I haven't had a problem since. My download is right at 512, and upload of near 128, so I can't compain about it. Except Wildblue's customer service. But you can't complain about something that doesn't exist. Only company I know of with worse service is XM, but that's a whole nuther' story... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted January 7, 2007 CID Share Posted January 7, 2007 I have the satellite internet from Xplornet. Had it for months now. I've got the KaBang. Supposed to be 1 Mbps down and 256 Kbps up. Not a chance. Usually half that or less. A lot of stalls and disconnects. I wouldn't recommend it for the money. Not only the monthly fee, but you have to pay an arm and a leg for installation and the equipment. Anytime I call tech support, they do nothing to help. Is there any way to get better service out of these guys? I called tech support last night because I kept getting dissconnected. There has not been a single day that I've had a constant connection. This time they said I got FAPed. This is not true. I monitor my data transfer and it was no where near the 169MB limit. Tried the modem, tried the anit virus, tried the spyware, took my computer to work with no probems. They have a list of excuses to get rid of you. Don't buy it. If you're having constant problems, it's on their end but they won't admit it. I've troubleshooted ever possible scenario and it all boils down to them having crap service. I am expecting a "LEVEL 2" call today because I stumped the "LEVEL 1" guy last night. I will keep everyone posted and I will continue to spread my story until I am satisfied with their service or get a refund on the $800 installation and equipment charge. There are employees of Xplornet that post here as well and they have nothing but good things to say. Do your research people. Just got off the phone with Telus and they will have DSL in my area within 2 months. That means that Xplornet will only have my business for 2 more months!!! Thank God!!! Nothing worse than crap service. It seems that's the only kind you get in Alberta!!! Kills me to have paid $800 for equipment and installation and $100/month. I'll never have anything good to say about Xplornet. Very lucky you can get DSL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 7, 2007 CID Share Posted January 7, 2007 Very lucky you can get DSL Again!!! Why are you following my posts? Do you work for Xplornet? If I did why would I say go for DSL when it hits your block. I would if I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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