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Le Boule @ 25th Oct 11:28AM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

Last night had another 7:35 PM CST disconnect due to "errored seconds" and reset at download speed of 1184. Log shows disconnected due to "errored seconds" at 3:01 AM CST this morning and reset at 2880 download speed. Still holding at 2880 at 10:00 AM CST.

I still need to get a tech out here but from reading this and other threads I'm not the only one with this problem.

Strange...

:p
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anon @ 27th Oct 08:10PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

This is getting old, three days of normal speeds and dies again tonight. Down to 1.39 download speed only, why am I paying for 6MB again?!?
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anon @ 29th Oct 06:51AM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

(reply to philwes)
Same old same old.....to the top!
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anon @ 2nd Nov 11:04AM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

Another bad weekend. Saturday night was down to .5MB download rates again. Sunday morning it was back to normal, but then died again in the evening. It appears to be a load issue at peak times. Reason I went with DSL over cable was for a more stable consistent connection speed. If this continues much longer they will be losing a customer of eight plus years now.

Tried contacting support again, but gave up after a long hold of not getting anyone. Tried the Live Chat and that proved worthless, all I got was a cut-n-paste answer to contact phone support.
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anon @ 2nd Nov 01:39PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

said by philwes :

Reason I went with DSL over cable was for a more stable consistent connection speed. If this continues much longer they will be losing a customer of eight plus years now.

Agreed x100...

When high speed internet was available for the 1st time in the upstate back in the late 90s i had Intermedia Cable(now Charter) in my 1st apartment and it was horrible. Once Bellsouth offered DSL as an alternative i switched immediately. I never had a problem with them for the several years i was there. Once i moved into a house i had Charter once again which was terrible again. Dropped Charter all together(TV/Net) and got DirectTV and switched back to DSL(now AT&T) and it has been wonderful up until September/October of this year when the "evening problems" have began along the same time they rolled out U Verse. This has me to believe their local infrastructure is not up to par to handle the bandwidth they are selling...

I REALLY do not want to go back to Charter but i want this issue resolved. I wish a tech would reply here as AT&T tech support is worthless(reset your modem etc). Ill keep checking this thread daily for a response of some sort and keep it alive until we here from someone hopefully.
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anon @ 3rd Nov 08:55PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

(reply to philwes)
I also live in the Greenville, SC area and have been having speed and latency issues as of late. I haven't done a line test in a while and don't feel like unplugging the router to go to it again, but I if I remember correctly, margins for line SNR are lowish but acceptable, and they don't change too much.

The first hops for me after my router and modem are 72.167.20.7 and then 72.157.40.16 (for those living closer to Greenville, it seems 72.157.40.16 is the first hop). I usually/used to get 45-50 ms ping to 72.167.20.7 and about the same to 72.157.40.16. i.e. my traffic goes through wherever Greenville residents are being serviced.

These days when I'm noticing slow speeds, I get the same 45-50 ms ping to 72.167.20.7 but 95-100 ms ping to 72.157.40.16. Speed tests give me 1.0 Mbps now rather than the 2.6 Mbps it used to be (my connection is nominally 3.0 Mbps).

If you believe in coincidences, or not, U-Verse isn't yet available where I live. My closest hop doesn't seem to be effected. Greenville on the other hand...
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anon @ 9th Nov 03:52PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

Still having low speeds in the evening. Had a tech come out this weekend and of course everything was fine in the middle of the afternoon. He did get one unusual reading and replaced some components at the main switch. No effect, still having low speeds in the evening, also my upload speeds have dropped by about 30% now as well...
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anon @ 9th Nov 05:08PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

Yeah that's one of the reasons i haven't even bothered having a tech come out because it only happens in the evening and they wont come out that late. Also i know the problem isnt on my end, its a local issue. I mean how hard can it be for them to monitor the issue every evening and correct this?
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anon @ 10th Nov 06:41PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

(reply to philwes)
Now it is beginning earlier in the evening...around 5pm EST. /sigh

Any techs out there? Hello?
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rgar98 @ 10th Nov 07:29PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

»helpme.att.net/dsl/speedtest/
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anon @ 10th Nov 08:41PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

(reply to philwes)
The tech I'm working with said that there appears to be a larger issue with something in Atlanta. Their higher level engineers are supposed to be working on it. Hopefully this gets resolved, down to less then a mb today again.
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Seahorse @ 11th Nov 04:45PM:
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(reply to philwes)
I think U-Verse service in phone line has impact on DSL service. AT&T should know this issue. They will lose the DSL buisness if the problem can not be resloved soon...
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GvilleDSL @ 12th Nov 11:36PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

(reply to philwes)
Same problem this evening as always... :huh:
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khc987 @ 13th Nov 10:19AM:
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(reply to philwes)
I had similar issues with DSL Down Rates at Night and even losing sync frequently at night and only at night. This happened for quite awhile and it started out of the blue and ended out of the blue. Funny how it seemed to me that it started around the time that AT&T were installing upgrades to the phone lines and boxes for Uverse in my neighborhood and ended shortly after they were pushing Uverse service in my neighborhood.
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GvilleDSL @ 13th Nov 10:58AM:
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Yeah i have no problems with losing sync its just congestion in the evening hours. High ping times and erratic speeds during this time period(7-11pm). Normally i ping an IP in ATL around 10-20ms or so in optimal conditions but in the evening its 60 ms. Dallas is 80ms when its normally 30ms.

My 1st hop after my modem's IP is usually 8-12ms but during evening hours its 50ms....

Ive had DSL for about 2 years and never had an issue until this started about 2 months or so back.
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anon @ 15th Nov 07:07AM:
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Congestion is killing Verizon DSL.. Can't use it at night anymore. It's been bad for about a month now.
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GvilleDSL @ 15th Nov 08:58PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

(reply to philwes)
Ill give them until Jan 1st to get this issue resolved before i start considering different ISP options. Nothing has changed in 2 months.
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anon @ 16th Nov 08:27AM:
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(reply to philwes)
Nothing has changed here either. Same crap in Anderson, SC as well. No point in calling brain dead tech support as mentioned. I'm switching back to Charter soon if nothing gets done about this. Can't even watch a Hulu vid without have to stop and let the buffer refill a few times per episode.
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anon @ 16th Nov 08:16PM:
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(reply to philwes)
I've been recording my speeds every night for a month now. I have the 6MB service and have only been averaging 2.7MB. Only 5 nights have been above 5MB, 15 nights have been below 1.5MB.

Still working with a tech that is trying to follow up with the problem. It definitely is nothing to do with my computer or house or even neighborhood. It appears to be a regional thing from the posting on this thread. Bet most people don't notice, because their internet still "works". But if they started monitoring it, I bet they would find slow downs as well. I'm going to talk to some friends of mine that have this DSL and have them start tracking their speeds as well.
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anon @ 18th Nov 09:59PM:
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Hey.I have the same problems,around night time(8 p.m)My connection drops from 3.00 megs to about 1.2 If I'm lucky.
Here's the things now at(9:53 P.M)I am wireless,but through the day I still get about 2.90+ megs of speed...But at night it's about 1.20.

Downstream Rate: 3552 kbps
Upstream Rate: 384 kbps
Channel: Fast
Current Noise Margin: 31.0 dB (Downstream) 10.0 dB (Upstream)
Current Attenuation: 25.7 dB (Downstream) 11.0 dB (Upstream)
Current Output Power: 19.6 dBm (Downstream) -2.5 dBm (Upstream)
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anon @ 19th Nov 09:02PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

I've just noticed the same sort of slowdown... my usual 6000 kbps extreme DSL service is testing at only about 400 kbps down right now...
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GvilleDSL @ 19th Nov 09:19PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

Ive noticed improvements tonight(so far...). At 1st my speeds were less then 2 meg then i reset my modem and it was back to my normal 5.5 meg. Also ping times are lower....someone somewhere must be doing something right. Hope it continues...
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philwes @ 20th Nov 06:05AM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

Same here, actually got full speed last night. We will see if it continues, over the past month I have had the occasional normal night, but it has not lasted.
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Le Boule @ 20th Nov 09:07AM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

jjm3, where are you located?
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sempergoofy @ 20th Nov 09:31AM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

said by jjm3 :

I've just noticed the same sort of slowdown... my usual 6000 kbps extreme DSL service is testing at only about 400 kbps down right now...

I noticed a serious slowdown last night. My normal rock-solid speeds, illustrated below from a test this morning, were showing only 1.5Mbs last night. I decided to not pursue it after reading this thread last night to see if it cleared up in the morning. Sure enough, it did.

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bigclaw @ 20th Nov 09:36AM:
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I am in Atlanta (30339) and last night was awful. All my HTTP downloads were averaging 80KBps (640kbps) or so. What was weird is that speedtest.net was still showing 6M.
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sempergoofy @ 20th Nov 10:13AM:
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said by bigclaw :

I am in Atlanta (30339) and last night was awful. All my HTTP downloads were averaging 80KBps (640kbps) or so. What was weird is that speedtest.net was still showing 6M.

I'm in 30082 zipcode. I think something may still be amiss despite the speedtest results. I am hearing an unusual static on a private VOIP connection that is normally crystal clear.

Some pasted stats from my Netopia 3347.

Select an option from the table below: General  All Status  Overview  Features  MemoryPorts  Ethernet  DSL  WirelessIP  Interfaces  Routes  ARP  LAN-DiscoveryDSL  Statistics  Circuit ConfigurationSystem Log  Entire  Page by Page  ResetOther  DHCP Client  DHCP Server  PPPoE  Backup  Wireless Clients ADSL Line State:        UpADSL Startup Attempts:  1ADSL Modulation:        DMTADSL Data Path:         InterleaveDatapump Version:       DSP 7.5.2.202, HAL 7.5.2.1                        Downstream  Upstream                        ----------  ----------SNR Margin:                   7.90       12.00 dBLine Attenuation:            28.50       16.00 dBOutput Power:                 0.00        4.61 dBmErrored Seconds:                 0           0Loss of Signal:                  0           0Loss of Frame:                   0           0CRC Errors:                      0           0Data Rate:                    7616         512 Ethernet driver statistics - 10/100 EthernetType: 100BASET  Duplex: Full Port Status:  Link up  General: Transmit OK           : 821299 Receive OK            : 153177 Tx Errors             : 0 Rx Errors             : 0 Rx CRC Errors         : 0 Rx Frame Errors       : 0 Upper Layers: Rx No Handler         : 0 Rx No Message         : 0 Rx Octets             : 15737253 Rx Unicast Pkts       : 131758 Rx Multicast Pkts     : 20979 Tx Discards           : 0 Tx Octets             : 342936773 Tx Unicast Pkts       : 783967 Tx Multicast Pkts     : 0 Ethernet driver statistics - Wireless Port Status:  Link down General: Transmit OK           : 0 Receive OK            : 0 Tx Errors             : 0 Rx Errors             : 0 Tx Octets             : 0 Rx Octets             : 0 ADSL Line State:        UpADSL Startup Attempts:  1ADSL Modulation:        DMTADSL Data Path:         InterleaveCO vendor:              ALCBPower Management State  L0Datapump Version:       DSP 7.5.2.202, HAL 7.5.2.1                        Downstream  Upstream                        ----------  ----------SNR Margin:                   8.50       12.00 dBLine Attenuation:            28.50       16.00 dBOutput Power:                 0.00        4.61 dBmErrored Seconds:                 0           0Loss of Signal:                  0           0Loss of Frame:                   0           0CRC Errors:                      0           0Data Rate:                    7616         512Interleaver Delay                4           2 (milliseconds)Interleave Depth                16           1INP                          0.501       0.222 atucRevisionNum            1 ATU-C Vendor ID         ALCBTrainedPath       Interleave TrainedMode            G.DMT                  Downstream    Upstream----------------------------------------Interlv delay             16           1LowestTone                37           6HighestTone              254          28TonesExcited             217          23 NetRate                 7616         512AggrRate                7648         544TotalRate               8160         576LineRate                8160         576ATTNDR                  8960         896 ACTATP                    -1          -1ACTPSD                  -365        -345HLINSC                     0Estimated loop length: 8046 feet (bridge tap)Framing Mode:    3 - (REDUCED OVERHEAD WITH MERGED SYNC)TPS-TC Encoding  ATM ATM port status    : UpRx data rate (bps) : 7616Tx data rate (bps) : 512 ATM Virtual Circuits: VCC #  Type  VPI   VCI   Encapsulation-----  ----  ---  -----  --------------------------  1     PVC    8     35  PPP over Ethernet (LLC/SNAP encapsulation) ATM Circuit Statistics: VCC-1   Rx Frames     :     183288           Tx Frames     :     138229  Rx Octets     :  233563226           Tx Octets     :   16758710  Rx Errors     :          0           Tx Errors     :          0  Rx Discards   :          0           Tx Discards   :         13PDSP f/w revision 0x40 running ATM        Crc Errors:           0        Len Errors:           0      Abort Errors:           0      Starv Errors:           0       DmaLenErrors:           0         TxMisQCnt:           0         RxMisQCnt:           0          TxEOQCnt:        9220          RxEOQCnt:           0 RxPacketsServiced:      183288 TxPacketsServiced:        9220     RxMaxServiced:           5     TxMaxServiced:           1           RxTotal:      183288           TxTotal:      138215            RcbPool:  0x00000000   RxActQueueCount: -    183288    RxActQueueHead:  0x94991990    RxActQueueTail:  0x949919d0          RxActive:           1          RcbStart:  0x949917d0 RxTeardownPending:           0           TcbPool:  0x94990b40   TxActQueueCount:           0    TxActQueueHead:  0x00000000    TxActQueueTail:  0x94990b40          TxActive:           0          TcbStart:  0x9498ffa0 TxTeardownPending:           0          RxBufSize:        1664    RxBufferOffset:           0      RxNumBuffers:          16      RxServiceMax:          16      TxNumBuffers:          64       TxNumQueues:           2      TxServiceMax:          64            CpcsUU:           0               Gfc:           0               Clp:           0               Pti:           0            DaMask:           1          Priority:           0           PktType:           0               Vci:          35               Vpi:           8          CellRate:       43162           QosType:           2               Mbs:           8               Pcr:           1Wireless Interface is disabled.

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anon @ 20th Nov 06:03PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

I had the same problems and it was a little better this morning but yet again now it's now back to 1.5mg and ATT&T can't really help now but are sending someone to look into it tomorrow between 1 and 5..................
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anon @ 20th Nov 08:06PM:
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»www.speedtest.net/result/628941277.png
That's at 7:45....I guess that's acceptable seeing as the computer I'm using is wireless.It's usually 3.05 megs though.I haven't tested it on another compute in the house.
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GvilleDSL @ 20th Nov 07:50PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

Yeah im back to having problems tonight. Speeds seem normal from 2 tests ive run but ping times are terrible once again.
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GvilleDSL @ 20th Nov 08:01PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

Trace route to an IP in Texas i use every day. As you can see the problem starts on hop 3. This is the 1st hop after my modem which under normal conditions is about 8-12 ms. During the evening its 50-70ms which is absurd.

Normally i ping about 32ms to this server. Now its over 80ms every evening.

melonduck @ 20th Nov 08:09PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

(reply to philwes)

I'm gonna add mine too here. I live in 30338 area. I've had DSL extreme 3meg for 6 yrs, and the slow download speed problem started since yesterday. It was tested at 2.5-3Meg in the morning, then around noon it became 1.5-1.8meg, and during night time it's 300-700kbps download speed. The upload speed is fine all day long.

The at&t contractor just left. The line was tested good. What's weird is the speed is tested good only on speakeasy.net, but it tested bad on all other sites, such as this dslreports.com, cnet, 2wire.com, and speed.fastaccess.com

melonduck @ 20th Nov 08:17PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

said by bigclaw :

I am in Atlanta (30339) and last night was awful. All my HTTP downloads were averaging 80KBps (640kbps) or so. What was weird is that speedtest.net was still showing 6M.

This is also exact same thing to me. All other sites (fastaccess, cnet, dslreports, 2wire) show bad download speed, but speakeasy.net and speedtest.net(aka speakeasy.net) show excellent download speed. :huh:

I'm in 30338 and the problem is only after 5pm
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melonduck @ 20th Nov 08:31PM:
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said by sempergoofy :

said by jjm3 :

I've just noticed the same sort of slowdown... my usual 6000 kbps extreme DSL service is testing at only about 400 kbps down right now...

Have you tried your speed test with any sites other than speakeasy.net or speedtest.net?
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philwes @ 20th Nov 09:32PM:
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Knew it was to good to be true. Down to 2.5MB and dropping fast... think its time to call the cable company.
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Airwolf7 @ 20th Nov 09:47PM:
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said by melonduck :

What's weird is the speed is tested good only on speakeasy.net, but it tested bad on all other sites, such as this dslreports.com, cnet, 2wire.com, and speed.fastaccess.com

The reason why is because the people at Speakeasy.net are the only people in the universe that know how to properly run a speed test website. Speedtest.net is pretty good too.

DSL Reports. CNET, 2Wire, and FastAccess = major speed test suckage.

The AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Throughput Test ought to work fairly well if you select a location near to you before you run the test.
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anon @ 20th Nov 10:11PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

(reply to philwes)
If anyone finds anything out let me know the tech is coming tomorrow between 1-5pm eastern but not sure what he can do. I live in 30188 and it's 1.3mg atm not sure why or what's wrong or that they will even admit it's something greater then just mine......
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mdv921 @ 20th Nov 10:07PM:
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(reply to philwes)
I have the same evening slow down problem. I just ran a speed test on the Fast Access site and got a 1.7 result. Went over to Speakeasy and got a 6.3 result. Go figure.

All day today I was downloading at anywhere from 5.7 to 7.4, but after 6 pm my D/L speed hovers between 2.8 and 3.4.

I'm waiting on a call back from tech support as I type. They told me last night that for a 6 mb account they consider anything less than 4.8 to be unacceptable.
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mdv921 @ 20th Nov 10:18PM:
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(reply to philwes)
Tech support just called me back and she had someone from another department on the other line who re-provisioned my line while I waited. Afterward I did another speed test on the Fast Access site and my speed has gone from 1.7 15 minutes ago to 6.2. I just hope it will hold.
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bigclaw @ 20th Nov 10:18PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

(reply to philwes)
Well, this came out of the official AT&T speed test site just now. Being a 6M connection, it officially sucks. :)

Download = 695.56 kbps
Upload = 427.35 kbps
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bigclaw @ 20th Nov 10:36PM:
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It seems that I get 6M speeds from the atl.speedtest.net server, but progressively crappy speeds (all the way down to 1M or so) from other servers, so I guess it's not related to my equipment, and AT&T has some serious backbone congestion somewhere.

At least it's not just me hallucinating...
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anon @ 20th Nov 11:30PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

said by Le Boule :

jjm3, where are you located?

30307 here, Little Five Points. Same situation tonight, though slightly faster:

melonduck @ 21st Nov 01:16AM:
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said by Airwolf7 :

said by melonduck :

What's weird is the speed is tested good only on speakeasy.net, but it tested bad on all other sites, such as this dslreports.com, cnet, 2wire.com, and speed.fastaccess.com

Sorry I would have to disagree with you. I prefer not to put all my eggs in one basket.

At least when those other sites tested good, my gaming experience was also good. However, when those "other" sites tested bad, my gaming experience was also bad.

Also, as you can see from my previous screenshots, I did use The AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Throughput Test as one of my tests and I chose Atlanta, GA server for the test. It was also bad after 5-6pm.
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melonduck @ 21st Nov 01:31AM:
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(reply to philwes)

I ran these tests again at around 1:20am Saturday and it seems the slow download problem cleared up for my 3meg down connection.

At least now they all confirm each other, not like earlier where only speakeasy.net showed good download speed and all other sites showed bad speed.
I'll have to see and test again after 5-6pm on Saturday.

Atlanta, Ga server


Atlanta, Ga server

sempergoofy @ 21st Nov 08:47AM:
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said by melonduck :

said by sempergoofy :

said by jjm3 :

I've just noticed the same sort of slowdown... my usual 6000 kbps extreme DSL service is testing at only about 400 kbps down right now...

Have you tried your speed test with any sites other than speakeasy.net or speedtest.net?

I was unavailable last night. I ran these back-to-back this morning. Some from dslreports, some from speedtest.net.

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melonduck @ 21st Nov 01:52PM:
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(reply to philwes)

My in game speed is kinda slow now, and I tested my speed. Sure it looks like the download speed took a crap again this afternoon. Something must be going on :mad:

The speedtest.net is using speakeasy host and dslreports test is also using speakeasy host, but I don't understand why it's only speedtest.net showing good test.

Atlanta, Ga server

Airwolf7 @ 21st Nov 02:35PM:
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said by melonduck :

The speedtest.net is using speakeasy host and dslreports test is also using speakeasy host, but I don't understand why it's only speedtest.net showing good test.

sempergoofy @ 21st Nov 03:56PM:
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said by melonduck :

Sure it looks like the download speed took a crap again this afternoon. Something must be going on :mad:

Yeah, something seems to be up this afternoon compared the tests I did this morning. Odd that Atlanta is slower than NY for me now.

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GvilleDSL @ 21st Nov 05:02PM:
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(reply to philwes)
Here is my normal daytime ping time vs evening times to the same IP. Normally for the past 2 years of service it has been rock solid all the time but for the past 2+ months now every evening it goes down hill like clockwork.

melonduck @ 21st Nov 05:03PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

said by Airwolf7 :

said by melonduck :

The speedtest.net is using speakeasy host and dslreports test is also using speakeasy host, but I don't understand why it's only speedtest.net showing good test.

Airwolf7 @ 21st Nov 05:12PM:
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said by melonduck :

I prefer not to put all my eggs in one basket.

If you had five baskets with four of them having a hole in the bottom and one of them not having a hole in the bottom then which one would you put your eggs into?
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Airwolf7 @ 21st Nov 05:17PM:
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said by melonduck :

BTW, you realize the Bellsouth Fastaccess speed test is now The AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Throughput Test?

Yes.

Please understand that I'm not trying to imply that you fellows are not having problems because I believe that you are.
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melonduck @ 21st Nov 05:18PM:
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said by Airwolf7 :

said by melonduck :

I prefer not to put all my eggs in one basket.

If you had five baskets with four of them having a hole in the bottom and one of them not having a hole in the bottom then which one would you put your eggs into?

And you know which one has hole how?

You just contradicted yourself. You said fastaccess was suckage and next sentence you said ATT Yahoo was fairly good.

Fastccess IS AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Throughput Test now.

AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Throughput Test showed me having bad download speed too even closest test server in Atlanta, GA. I've mentioned this twice and you seemed to ignore it?

All I'm trying to say is I can't just trust one single site saying i'm good and ignore the rest of many other sites saying the opposite. I can test this a million times on a million different sites, but the best indicator telling me whether I have good or bad speed is still in game personal experience.
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anon @ 22nd Nov 12:02AM:
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You are right about Speakeasy being the only consistently true site. I can be testing a line that is perfect according to handheld test equipment and get the same throughput results with speakeasy.The other sites always measure slow due to congestion .
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sempergoofy @ 22nd Nov 10:06AM:
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Back to the good morning speeds again. Maddening.
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sempergoofy @ 22nd Nov 07:01PM:
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And at 7pm, slowness abounds.
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Cygnus @ 22nd Nov 07:28PM:
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I've noticed a massive speed decrease as well. I just did the AT&T Yahoo test and selected Atlanta. I live in Atlanta and my download rate for a 6mb connection shows 423kbps. This is total BS. What the hell are they doing? Is it my modem?

anon @ 22nd Nov 08:03PM:
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I get the same results, Cygnus... Atlanta 30307 here.

Still having the exact same problem here, even during the day today... 100 - 400 Kbps down when I'm supposed to have 6.0 Mbps. This makes four days now, at least.

I ran the DSL reports speed test app on my iPhone today over 3G and got 2000 Kbps... Sad when AT&T's cellular network is dusting their top-level home DSL service.
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GvilleDSL @ 23rd Nov 12:16AM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

(reply to philwes)
Glad to see more people with this issue and not just others in Upstate SC. Ill give them a month to fix it or im shopping for a new ISP. 2 Months of this is waaaay too much.

PS. Keep this thread at the top and monitor your lines in the evening hours as often as you can. (Speed and Ping times)
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philwes @ 23rd Nov 06:04AM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

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Another bad weekend, only 1-2MB. Does anyone know if UVerse users are having the same issue? The only reason I'm keeping AT&T is I'm holding out for that. But if they are losing 90% of there speeds also, forget it and I'll try cable.
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mdv921 @ 23rd Nov 02:25PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

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I firmly believe it has something to do with user loads. The slowdowns always happen right about the time people get home from work in the evenings Mon-Fri, and all weekend long. Possibly the old DSL selling point of each user being on a dedicated line is now not so true, at least for some people.
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sempergoofy @ 23rd Nov 03:59PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

said by mdv921 :

I firmly believe it has something to do with user loads. The slowdowns always happen right about the time people get home from work in the evenings Mon-Fri, and all weekend long. Possibly the old DSL selling point of each user being on a dedicated line is now not so true, at least for some people.

I could believe that if the phenomena had ramped up over time. This badness we are observing seems to have onset suddenly. At least for me.
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melonduck @ 23rd Nov 04:04PM:
Re: [Speed Problem] Slow DSL Down Rates at Night

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Tested my speed at around 3-4pm, now my 3Meg download speed can't even get above 2Meg during the day time anymore. I called the tech support back and they kept wanting to test my line. It's been tested good already last week WTH. :mad: