Tekno Venus Senior Administrator, Developer Staff member Joined Jul 21, 2012 Posts 7,205 Location UK Jan 5, 2014 #261 Seems my change in ISP is finally paying off That's a personal best!
Triple Helix Microsoft MVPContributor Joined Feb 3, 2013 Posts 181 Location Ontario, Canada Jan 5, 2014 #262 Not bad here for a 35/3 plan. TH
jcgriff2 Co-Founder / AdminBSOD Instructor/ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.) Staff member Joined Feb 19, 2012 Posts 21,541 Location New Jersey Shore Jan 27, 2014 #263 FIOS is gone; Optimum cable now installed -
LilBambi BSOD Kernel Dump Senior Analyst Joined Apr 17, 2012 Posts 292 Location Virgina, USA Jan 27, 2014 #264 jcgriff2 said: FIOS is gone; Optimum cable now installed - Click to expand... Wow, that is impressive ... both were really! jcgriff2 said: Click to expand... Was FiOS not as reliable or too expensive?
jcgriff2 said: FIOS is gone; Optimum cable now installed - Click to expand... Wow, that is impressive ... both were really! jcgriff2 said: Click to expand... Was FiOS not as reliable or too expensive?
jcgriff2 Co-Founder / AdminBSOD Instructor/ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.) Staff member Joined Feb 19, 2012 Posts 21,541 Location New Jersey Shore Jan 27, 2014 #265 FIOS was great - when it worked. On 3 separate occasions, the main large FIOS white box began emitting an ear-piercing constant beep (like a smoke detector) & I could not shut it off. Turned out the main wall boxes were bad; they replaced 2 in <3 months (we were without TV, Phone or Internet for ~5 days each time). The last time it happened was Saturday, 11 January @ 3:30 am, resulting in less-than-pleased neighbors and the Police and Fire departments on scene as someone thought it was a smoke detector and called 9-1-1. The solution to stop the BEEP -- open the "DO NOT OPEN" Verizon portion of the main box using a special tool (which I did not have) & take the rather large ~10 lb battery out of it as the customer service rep said "don't be concerned if you see sparks"! The Fire Department guys were able to open the box with their special tools and got things quiet real fast. :0 I then called Optimum Cable & they were here within 2 days. :thumbsup2:
FIOS was great - when it worked. On 3 separate occasions, the main large FIOS white box began emitting an ear-piercing constant beep (like a smoke detector) & I could not shut it off. Turned out the main wall boxes were bad; they replaced 2 in <3 months (we were without TV, Phone or Internet for ~5 days each time). The last time it happened was Saturday, 11 January @ 3:30 am, resulting in less-than-pleased neighbors and the Police and Fire departments on scene as someone thought it was a smoke detector and called 9-1-1. The solution to stop the BEEP -- open the "DO NOT OPEN" Verizon portion of the main box using a special tool (which I did not have) & take the rather large ~10 lb battery out of it as the customer service rep said "don't be concerned if you see sparks"! The Fire Department guys were able to open the box with their special tools and got things quiet real fast. :0 I then called Optimum Cable & they were here within 2 days. :thumbsup2:
LilBambi BSOD Kernel Dump Senior Analyst Joined Apr 17, 2012 Posts 292 Location Virgina, USA Jan 27, 2014 #266 No wonder you switched to Cable! Sad they can't get things to work right. By the speedtest, it would be nice if it were reliable enough and not freak out the neighbors! :rofl12::banghead:
No wonder you switched to Cable! Sad they can't get things to work right. By the speedtest, it would be nice if it were reliable enough and not freak out the neighbors! :rofl12::banghead:
Glaswegian Security Analyst Joined Jul 5, 2012 Posts 99 Location Glasgow Jan 27, 2014 #267 Welcome John! Are you tied into my special Scottish server now?
P Patrick Sysnative Staff Joined Jun 7, 2012 Posts 4,618 Jan 27, 2014 #268 I thankfully (knock on wood) have not had any issues with FiOS yet. I haven't really 'lost' the internet either for a large amount of time, only once every few weeks for 10-45 minutes. The biggest issue I ran into with Verizon is they really don't work with you in regards to payments. I couldn't make my payment on time for the internet a few months ago because there were a lot of things going on at the time, and I explained to the representative and asked if I could have it extended and added onto my next payment (which Optimum had done for me a few times when I was struggling) and they said no and shut my internet off. I got it back in the next few days, but it was interesting.
I thankfully (knock on wood) have not had any issues with FiOS yet. I haven't really 'lost' the internet either for a large amount of time, only once every few weeks for 10-45 minutes. The biggest issue I ran into with Verizon is they really don't work with you in regards to payments. I couldn't make my payment on time for the internet a few months ago because there were a lot of things going on at the time, and I explained to the representative and asked if I could have it extended and added onto my next payment (which Optimum had done for me a few times when I was struggling) and they said no and shut my internet off. I got it back in the next few days, but it was interesting.
jcgriff2 Co-Founder / AdminBSOD Instructor/ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.) Staff member Joined Feb 19, 2012 Posts 21,541 Location New Jersey Shore Jan 27, 2014 #269 Glaswegian said: Welcome John! Are you tied into my special Scottish server now? Click to expand... You are never far from my thoughts when it comes to Internet speed, Iain! How you got through when the rest of us could not -- still amazing!! :grin1: I'm catching up!!
Glaswegian said: Welcome John! Are you tied into my special Scottish server now? Click to expand... You are never far from my thoughts when it comes to Internet speed, Iain! How you got through when the rest of us could not -- still amazing!! :grin1: I'm catching up!!
A Guy Righteous Dude Joined Jun 2, 2012 Posts 1,078 Location Bay Area Peninsula Jan 29, 2014 #270 jcgriff2 said: FIOS was great - when it worked. On 3 separate occasions, the main large FIOS white box began emitting an ear-piercing constant beep (like a smoke detector) & I could not shut it off. Click to expand... A Guy
jcgriff2 said: FIOS was great - when it worked. On 3 separate occasions, the main large FIOS white box began emitting an ear-piercing constant beep (like a smoke detector) & I could not shut it off. Click to expand... A Guy
Glaswegian Security Analyst Joined Jul 5, 2012 Posts 99 Location Glasgow Jan 29, 2014 #271 jcgriff2 said: You are never far from my thoughts when it comes to Internet speed, Iain! How you got through when the rest of us could not -- still amazing!! :grin1: I'm catching up!! Click to expand... Yes but look at your upload speed - pretty good!
jcgriff2 said: You are never far from my thoughts when it comes to Internet speed, Iain! How you got through when the rest of us could not -- still amazing!! :grin1: I'm catching up!! Click to expand... Yes but look at your upload speed - pretty good!
GZ Visiting Expert Joined Apr 8, 2012 Posts 1,302 Location New Jersey Jan 29, 2014 #272 At work I still have the issue where I am not getting an accurate reading on Speedtest.net... It shows pegged between 95 and 120 Mb/s then when the test completes it's between 15 and 25. lol
At work I still have the issue where I am not getting an accurate reading on Speedtest.net... It shows pegged between 95 and 120 Mb/s then when the test completes it's between 15 and 25. lol
jcgriff2 Co-Founder / AdminBSOD Instructor/ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.) Staff member Joined Feb 19, 2012 Posts 21,541 Location New Jersey Shore Feb 21, 2014 #273
Triple Helix Microsoft MVPContributor Joined Feb 3, 2013 Posts 181 Location Ontario, Canada Feb 22, 2014 #274 Still not bad for a 35/3 plan. :smile9: TH
Glaswegian Security Analyst Joined Jul 5, 2012 Posts 99 Location Glasgow Feb 23, 2014 #275 Good to see you are holding on to those speeds John.
jcgriff2 Co-Founder / AdminBSOD Instructor/ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.) Staff member Joined Feb 19, 2012 Posts 21,541 Location New Jersey Shore Feb 23, 2014 #276 I'm trying!! :)
GZ Visiting Expert Joined Apr 8, 2012 Posts 1,302 Location New Jersey Feb 27, 2014 #277 I still don't understand what here at work makes my speedtest results so innacurate. They changed ISPs (Used to have RCN, now have PTD)... As you can see... The download speed throughout the test are quite high (I hit prtscr during a dip) but the final result always looks like this... (Ran it a second time because it linked instead of giving me the image.) Last edited: Feb 27, 2014
I still don't understand what here at work makes my speedtest results so innacurate. They changed ISPs (Used to have RCN, now have PTD)... As you can see... The download speed throughout the test are quite high (I hit prtscr during a dip) but the final result always looks like this... (Ran it a second time because it linked instead of giving me the image.)
Glaswegian Security Analyst Joined Jul 5, 2012 Posts 99 Location Glasgow Feb 27, 2014 #278 Just had an email from my ISP saying I will be upgraded to 100Mb sometime later this year. Something to look forward to then...
Just had an email from my ISP saying I will be upgraded to 100Mb sometime later this year. Something to look forward to then...
D DreadStarX Well-known member Joined Sep 30, 2013 Posts 146 Location Central/Southern Washington State Feb 28, 2014 #279 School: (100mbit Throttled) Work: (1GBit shared by 8,000 Computers) My work computer also doesn't have a Gigbit port on it. Thus limited to 100mbit. Home (100mbit shared between 3 computers (Throttled)) My other work has a dual Gigbit connection. :) Though, i can't remote login
School: (100mbit Throttled) Work: (1GBit shared by 8,000 Computers) My work computer also doesn't have a Gigbit port on it. Thus limited to 100mbit. Home (100mbit shared between 3 computers (Throttled)) My other work has a dual Gigbit connection. :) Though, i can't remote login
Tekno Venus Senior Administrator, Developer Staff member Joined Jul 21, 2012 Posts 7,205 Location UK Mar 7, 2014 #280 Personal best!