TriRan Posted February 26, 2005 CID Share Posted February 26, 2005 well shoot not long after posting my 1.3mb speed i was playing a game and bam my ms spiked to about 3000 so whats the first thing i do... exit the game and reset my modem when i come back into the game my ping is around 200-300 and stayind steady at first im a little ticked off so i call my friend which has the exact same dsl service and lives 3 blocks on the other side of the sub station it turns out hes getting the same thing.... so what do i do i email them no reply i call them they tell me they dont know if there is a problem with the service and that they will call me back shortly, they never call back and since this is the only high speed internet provider im a little mad.... at the moment i cannot play any of my games due to high ping... i had better pings on dial up i went from 1.3mb to this Any Suggestions? :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 483 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 59 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Sat Feb 26 17:11:45 CST 2005 Bottom Line:: 9X faster than 56K 1MB download in 17.36 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 56.96 % of your hosts average (grm.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-V3B0CIE4G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted February 26, 2005 CID Share Posted February 26, 2005 hey TriRan and welcome to the forum sign up here http://www.dslreports.com/tools its free make a linequality test "Line Packet Loss Testing Packet loss tests on your line, including identification of any problem routers en-route to you.." when you get result, copy whole URL adress and paste it here VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted February 26, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 26, 2005 http://www.dslreports.com/speedresults/69822b883729/1666343 i wasn't sure which to post >.< http://www.dslreports.com/quality/nil/1666343 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted February 28, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 28, 2005 well i woke up this morning the problem was still there but i went to reset my modem again when i noticed it was quite hot so i unplugged it for about 30 minutes after that its been ok have a look :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1357 Kbps about 1.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 166 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Sun Feb 27 20:57:11 CST 2005 Bottom Line:: 24X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.17 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 56.52 % faster than the average for host (grm.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-THPZGW8DL :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 598 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 1013 KB) Upload Speed is:: 73 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Sun Feb 27 21:00:04 CST 2005 Bottom Line:: 11X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 14.03 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 74.34 % faster than the average for host (grm.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-HGP936SOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted February 28, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 28, 2005 btw here are a couple pics of my pride and joy http://www.teams-w-a-t.com/downloads/case3.jpg http://www.teams-w-a-t.com/downloads/case4.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted February 28, 2005 CID Share Posted February 28, 2005 nice case it might just been a matter of overheated modem, try move it to a colder place VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted February 28, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 28, 2005 lol it sits on top of my case at about 4ft high in an open room what place could be cooler? i was thinking of mounting it behind my hd cooler inside my case that'd be nice a cool eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted February 28, 2005 CID Share Posted February 28, 2005 put it in your refrigerator It might be something wrong with modem aswell, but it this continue i suggest to call your ISP and let them fix it VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted February 28, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 28, 2005 yeah its monday now i was going to do that anyway but if it were a bad modem would my friend 6 blocks away with a different model of the modem be having the same problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted February 28, 2005 CID Share Posted February 28, 2005 yeah its monday now i was going to do that anyway but if it were a bad modem would my friend 6 blocks away with a different model of the modem be having the same problem? probl not, but if modems get too hot, it can slow down speed alot your friend is probl on same node as you. so its probl in your route aswell, email that linequality testlink to your ISP VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted February 28, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 28, 2005 well im not to worried about it at the moment but ill have to give them a call later today im just glad i got my dsl up to snuff if you know what i mean.. it came out better then before that puts me .4mb over cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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