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i am getting horrible down speeds,just started tonight,so i ran several speed tests,the Verizon one has got me at 9 down and 18 up,the speednet test is showing the speeds i am paying for,i ran a wireless speed test on my ipod touch and it is the same results as the Verizon tests,i have reset my router,rebooted my PC,optimized the connection still slow results,i have had fios for a week no speed issues till tonight,my TV is working fine,am i missing something i have the 25/25 package.

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eljefe2

Wireless speedtests are unreliable for diagnosing problems related to your FiOS Internet connection.

What speeds is www.speedtest.net showing with your optimized PC connected by Ethernet to your router and nothing else on the system using any bandwidth?

amstel78

@lou61166 wrote:
i am getting horrible down speeds,just started tonight,so i ran several speed tests,the Verizon one has got me at 9 down and 18 up,the speednet test is showing the speeds i am paying for,i ran a wireless speed test on my ipod touch and it is the same results as the Verizon tests,i have reset my router,rebooted my PC,optimized the connection still slow results,i have had fios for a week no speed issues till tonight,my TV is working fine,am i missing something i have the 25/25 package.

I don't know if there's some sort of problem with Verizon's DNS servers or links to other servers. I too have noticed that using Speakeasy or speedtest.net returns lousy results. In both cases, I would select the test servers in NYC and they consistently return slow download speeds.

However, tonight I came across the Time Warner Cable NYC broadband speed test which shows much better results. Whereas I'd get 9 or 10 mbps downloads on the other test sites, I'm getting roughly 40-41 mbps transfers from TWC servers.

Try it for your self:

http://speedtest.nyc.rr.com/

BTW, this issue only began a few days ago.

eljefe2

Well, on Road Runner I get this:

Download Speed: 43184 kbps (5398 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 34096 kbps (4262 KB/sec transfer rate)

and on speedtest.net this:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1106350181.png

and on the FiOS test:

running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 34.33Mb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 42.99Mb/s

I had noticed that a few days ago the Optimum Online server at speedtest.net had higher than normal latency and slower than normal speeds, but results from Secaucus and Clifton, NJ, were right up there where they always are. The OOL server seems back to normal now too.

It's always worth running a test on a few different servers and also measuring what you get in a real world situation. And do it with a hard wired connection for reliability.

smith6612

The OOL server seems to be having that trouble rather frequently so it seems. I've stopped testing to it as a result and instead run tests to Secaucus, NJ.

lou611661

Thanks for the Feedback,i have only had these issues in the evining hours,i am about a quarter mile from the box,that connects my neighborhood,i am not sure how many people are using Fios,but can heavy usage from other users in my town cause slow downs,i thought fiber can handle large amounts of users without slow downs,i am very satisfied with the TV and the internet service but i am paying extra for 25/25 speeds,and for a week now it was perfect,up till Monday night.

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