[Cialug] OT: Need plummer - internet pipes congested

[joshstrobl at hush.ai]

Mediacom is equally congested. I have to download the youtube 
videos nowadays to watch them. Download time suffers miserably 
unless I connect it directly to the modem...which would make a 
laptop rather pointless (as I constantly take it downstairs next to 
my fireplace).
Anyone know of any decent providers?

On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:43:27 -0600 David Champion <dave at dchamp.net> 
wrote:
>Ditto. From a former (and never again) Qwest customer, you'll be 
>much 
>happier with another provider, if you can get one.
>
>-dc
>
>Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>> You may have other DSL provider options in Ames.
>>
>> -Nate 
>>
>>   
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org 
>>> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Claus
>>> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:32 AM
>>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>>> Subject: [Cialug] OT: Need plummer - internet pipes congested
>>>
>>> Since the latter half of this year my internet bandwidth 
>>> became really flaky.  Mainly in the evenings.  Using any kind 
>>> of video streaming like youtube is out of the question as I 
>>> have to let it buffer up for ever before it gets viewable.  
>>> Even browsing sometimes becomes a pain. 
>>> Download bandwidth test do sometimes show extremely low rates 
>>> while upload is just fine and dandy.  Of course in the 
>>> mornings, when I should be going to work everything works as 
>expected.
>>>
>>> My own test concluded it had nothing to do with my local 
>>> network.  I pugged the Cisco 678 (bridging mode) directly 
>>> into the phone line outside of the house and connected a 
>>> laptop with my public static IP. 
>>> Conclusion: Just as bad.
>>>
>>> I called Qwest customer service and the tech support wasn't 
>>> very knowledgeable, backpedaling from any statement she made 
>>> that could cause an issue to blaming my good old trustworthy 
>>> Cisco 678.  She was nice enough to schedule an appointment 
>>> with a service technician that came out on a Sunday morning.  
>>> Certainly not a time I have bandwidth issues. 
>>>   However the technician did confirm there was congestion in 
>>> my neighborhood/CO.  He was stating that they won't do any 
>>> upgrades and instead wait until Ames gets fiber (i.e. higher 
>>> than 1.5Mbps service). 
>>> He was confident that this will happen by Summer 2010.  Pipe 
>dream?
>>>
>>> In any case it does not resolve my frustration I have about 
>>> my network connectivity and I don't see any viable options.  
>>> The only other option is Mediacom and I'm not sure we're a 
>>> good fit either.
>>>
>>> I'm running my own personal servers (Email, web, DNS for 
>>> personal use), I'm on Qwest's AMESIAWS CO and use Freese 
>>> Notise as my ISP.
>>>
>>> Is there anything that could be done to resolve the issue with 
>Qwest?
>>>
>>> Has Mediacom become more friendly in regards of server usage 
>>> and can I get static IPs?  Does Mediacom encounter the same 
>>> trouble with network congestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>    Claus
>>>     
>
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