[QCLUG] mediacom problems

[Noah Norris]

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i run through my home built linux based router which im upgrading to a p4
soon
currently its a p3 900 and i think 256 or 512 mb ram even hooking directly
to the modem gets the same results
usually linux running on a pc to do routing / nat does not suffer like the
home based router units that have very li ram
speaking of which i think i will get started on that today  so besides
routing / nat it also does dns look-ups to avoide mediacoms slow dns ... lol

dhcp and firewall ( using shorewall )

ive been noticing when modem go bad they start to get really bad ping times
ive hit in the 300
if its sateration then they cant provide the service i pay for so i complain
and will not pay lol

my friends modems went bad and his just did the same thing except his would
connect at like 3k tops .... replaced his modem and now hes
getting his 7.8mb down and 512k up


On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Noah Norris <preludelinux@gmail.com> wrote:

> oh crap i hit 9 mb ... then it went back down to 3 got a tech coming out
> tomorow and will get modem replaced
> feels like its a sync / range problem was working fine. ( like the modem
> only woking at lowest speed) for example phoinix az down i got 1mb and 1.5m
> b up ......
> http://www.speedtest.net/result/397687342.png
> http://www.speedtest.net/result/397688249.png
>
> an another words my speed kills .... sometimes i get locked into sub 300k
> and i get 1-3k downloads from servers ....... and my speedtest takes 15 mins
> ..... lol
> so im getting there lowest service
>
>
>
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> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Noah Norris <preludelinux@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> hmm you up speed is actually better then what they say which is good but
>> all the cable connections i have tested have it capped at 512K on there 8 mb
>> service
>> crap it looks like im only getting 1mb down and 1 mb up today ....... well
>> im gona get some free internet on my bill this month
>>
>> mediacom high speed =for 8 mb / 512k service you have to get 4mb service
>> up speed limits to 512k
>> mediacom high speed man =for there 20 mb / 2mb service you have to get
>> 14mb service at least 1 mb up  speed
>> mediacom intro or basic = and for there 3mb /512or256k service 2~1.5mb
>> service  whats up speed .. lol
>>
>> gona reset modem brb with test results
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 8:15 AM, DMichael Burns <dmichael.burns@gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> In June, Mediacom replaced my Motorola Surfboard with an RCA - claiming
>>> that it was better.  While I have not seen anything better about it, I have
>>> noticed that the web based modem info is not as user friendly as what I grew
>>> accustomed to with the Surfboard.  For those wanting to see the info on
>>> their modem, go to url http://192.168.100.1 from any of the computers in
>>> your LAN.
>>>
>>> I just surfed over to http://speedtest.net and performed three tests
>>> here are my results:
>>>
>>> Dubuque to Germantown, WI - down:6267kbs  up:851kbs  -
>>> http://www.speedtest.net/result/396764512.png
>>> Dubuque to Phoenix, AZ - down:6391kbs  up:880kbs  -
>>> http://www.speedtest.net/result/396765452.png
>>> Dubuque to Ft. Lauderdale, FL - down:6772kbs  up:835kbs  -
>>> http://www.speedtest.net/result/396766211.png
>>>
>>> Average: 6476kbs down / 855kbs up
>>> Should be: 8000kbs down / 512kbs up
>>>
>>> The results are not too bad considering what they could be.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Robert Jones <Robert@rm-jones.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here in Le Claire I'm on 12X.X.X.X and have a download speed of 7618
>>>> kbps and up of 485 kbps to Chicago.  To San Diego, CA is a little slower at
>>>> 7588 / 325 kbps.  I had a problem just like this a few months back.  I'm
>>>> using Media Com.  Their tech support wasn't able to help and it was going to
>>>> take 2 or 3 weeks to get a tech person here so I went down and exchanged my
>>>> modem.  That solved the problem and I haven't had a problem since.  They
>>>> told me that one type of the modems they supply have a problem.  I now have
>>>> a RCA modem from them.
>>>> Bob Jones
>>>>
>>>> Noah Norris wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Quad city area i believe is still on 12.x.x.x .
>>>>> at least everyone i know that has cable still has the old ATT ip addys
>>>>>
>>>>> my speed has been all over the map from 300kbps to 18000kbps
>>>>> its funny at times my up speed has been higher then my down ... and
>>>>> seems to stay pretty consistent
>>>>> 1200k ~ 1500k
>>>>>
>>>>> actually im thinking the modem is going bad it seems to work after
>>>>> being reset but after awhile locks in @3000k - 5000k and slower ping times ~
>>>>> it looks like it goes up and hits a wall ~ what sad is my service hits 3M
>>>>> which is there basic service and lower
>>>>>
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