Woe is me

[Pip]

Well, congestion on my internet supply segment has reared it's ugly head again!

Hopefully when the kids go back to school things will change but I'm not holding my breath, it's happened so many times.

I know the headend I'm connected to is due new upgraded equipment in the next couple of months so that's why they're possibly leaving it for now. The only bonus from it is my monthly rental has been cut in half until then.

I'm supposed to be on a 50/5 Mbps connection, this is what I'm getting today.

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Over the weekend I couldn't even run the test let alone use the connection!

The upgrade can't come soon enough.

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[ctaulbee]

Well that sucks

[Pip]

Well that sucks

Tell me about it!

[VincentLupo]

Ouch!

[stardragon9]

That sucks!

[Wrench]

Here's mine

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[Pip]

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[ctaulbee]

Wow buddy that is horrible

[stampe]

yikes, that's annoying :/
hope it gets fixed soon!

[Pip]

At last I'm now seeing an improvement since the kids returned to school. Not what I should be getting but at least I can now do things. I couldn't even view artwork submissions before.

For all intents and purposes I'm back up and running on here now!

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[ctaulbee]

[Pip]

OH bugger!

Looks like I may have spoken too soon.

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If they don't get this sorted soon I'll be changing providers!
At least (certainly in the UK) it gives me a "Get out of jail" free card in that they can't provide the contracted service so no if you leave you have to pay the balance of the rest of the contract

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[stampe]

[chouette]

How strange that your upload is so high now compared to the download. Very freaky, lol

[Pip]

How strange that your upload is so high now compared to the download. Very freaky, lol

Not really, the congestion is occurring on the downstream only as the downstream is not traffic managed whereas the upsteam is. i.e. try uploading too much in a managed time and your upload speed gets cut by 75% or thereabouts. I don't upload massive amounts so it won't affect me.
I'm with the only cable co in the UK, Virgin Media, now owned by Liberty Global. Many US users will know of the company.

Where my problem arises from is not the companies involved but the infrastructure that was put in place in the beginning, each area dominated by different telco's using different standards. By and large that has been changed over the years as first NTL became the sole provider in an amalgamation of the last 2 big names (NTL and Telewest) following various takeovers.

Long story short the network needed massive upgrades which in fairness NTL (then working under the Virgin Media name) started to undertake. The massive borrowings involved left an opening for a takeover by Liberty Global and sure enough it happened.

Don't think I'm painting LG as the bad boy here. They are not and are investing billions in upgrading and expanding the network, the problem is the legacy hubsites they've inherited. Those are a nightmare for the provider.

In fairness due to my work I have contacts in the industry so I know what's planned, but it seems week by week they hit a new problem. TBH it won't be long before I have to decide to cut and run to another provider or stick with the one I have.

It won't be much longer before I decide as I have an up and coming project which will need a reliable connection.

[Pip]

Here we go again, (sigh) hopefully only during the festive break. 25mins to upload this!

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[chouette]

Oh my, that is frigging slow...................

[Pip]

Well, speed has risen this morning (eventually) it's been a pain over the last few days.

Still not full speed but a considerable improvement.

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[Pip]

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Looking better and has held for at least a week.
BTW I took advantage of an upload increase offered to 10Mbps but VM always overprovision to look good.