June 17, 200719 yr Those speeds.. on offpeak times, on a supposedly 8mbps connection.. I really am getting pissed off with my ISP now. This happens every so often for days at a time with no warning. So i want to know - do you guys think i have a right to complain to the ISP about their randomly slowing down connection?
June 17, 200719 yr I would. Thats some really poor speeds for suposidly an 8mbps connection, 900 latency is horrid.
June 17, 200719 yr Author I would. Thats some really poor speeds for suposidly an 8mbps connection, 900 latency is horrid. yeah... WoW was running at 4k latency earlier.. its gone down a little now, but i still cant do any instances because of the lag.
June 17, 200719 yr Many ISPs will have small print next to their connection speed that says something along the lines of "This speed is not guaranteed". So, complaining may not get you anywhere, but it's still worth a try.
June 17, 200719 yr If you have a router, make sure you tested that it isn't causing the bottleneck. Plug directly into the modem (with a firewall on of course :P ) and run the speed test again. If it runs much faster, you have a bad router. After that's been done and you know for sure the router isn't the problem, most defiantly call the ISP.
June 17, 200719 yr Also see if you are not causing the problem yourself... 95% of all the pcs worldwide are infected with spyware and adware wich can slow down your connection. Try running Spybot: Search&Destroy or Ad-Aware. - Back to casual f2p scaping due to limited time (university and girlfriend ) -
June 17, 200719 yr Author If you have a router, make sure you tested that it isn't causing the bottleneck. Plug directly into the modem (with a firewall on of course :P ) and run the speed test again. If it runs much faster, you have a bad router. After that's been done and you know for sure the router isn't the problem, most defiantly call the ISP. its a combined modem / router. Came with the connection package - if it is that - then it is definitely the ISPs fault Also see if you are not causing the problem yourself... 95% of all the pcs worldwide are infected with spyware and adware wich can slow down your connection. Try running Spybot: Search&Destroy or Ad-Aware. Well mine will be one of the free 5%. I run a very tight PC. I know exactly what all of the processes running at any given time are on my machine. I do not have any spyware.. end of. also - spybot isnt that good. Spyhunter and a decent registry scanner will do much better.
June 17, 200719 yr oof... that much latency has got to mean theres quality control issues going on... the lines your connected to probably is on the frizt. How far are you from the "station". Theres no excuse they could have for that bad of ping...
June 17, 200719 yr oof... that much latency has got to mean theres quality control issues going on... the lines your connected to probably is on the frizt. How far are you from the "station". Theres no excuse they could have for that bad of ping... It says 200 miles acording to the test :P
June 17, 200719 yr Author oof... that much latency has got to mean theres quality control issues going on... the lines your connected to probably is on the frizt. How far are you from the "station". Theres no excuse they could have for that bad of ping... It says 200 miles acording to the test :P thats the distance from the speedtest server (its the closest one available)
June 17, 200719 yr also - spybot isnt that good. Spyhunter and a decent registry scanner will do much better. I'd argue otherwise but that isn't what we're here for. :P After everything else here, I'd say its time to call the ISP.
June 18, 200719 yr oof... that much latency has got to mean theres quality control issues going on... the lines your connected to probably is on the frizt. How far are you from the "station". Theres no excuse they could have for that bad of ping... It says 200 miles acording to the test :P thats the distance from the speedtest server (its the closest one available) what i meant by station is that there is usually a localized building in your area to house the ISP eqipment etc. think of it as an electric substation for the internet. cable or DSL? usually the farther away you are from the localized building the worse your ping will be. Im quite far away, over 5 miles and theres a smaller tower between me and the main building so my ping isnt any better than 130-150ms
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