Boston suburbs, 6:30 pm, pure crap.
Performance has become dramatically worse in last two days.
@FlyerQ wrote: Boston suburbs, 6:30 pm, pure crap.Performance has become dramatically worse in last two days.
I'm in the Boston suburbs too. I have, and have never had, any Netflix issues. Where do I find whatever that picture is that you poseted and I'll post mine for you?
Log into router
Top right - System Monitoring
On left - Advanced Status - Answer Yes
Bottom selection - Bandwidth Monitoring
Stream something - it'll update every minute or so.
800 is bad. 1400 on a small screen might look okay, but still bad. 2500 - 3000 is getting acceptable. 5000 - 6000 is great. 9000 - 11000 is 3d (not all Netflix providers, i.e. Roku, can do 3D).
This is what it looks like when the traffic isn't jammed up on Verizon's connection.
@FlyerQ wrote: 800 is bad. 1400 on a small screen might look okay, but still bad. 2500 - 3000 is getting acceptable. 5000 - 6000 is great. 9000 - 11000 is 3d (not all Netflix providers, i.e. Roku, can do 3D).
I'll post the data at 6.30pm this evening.
What do the numbers you posted above relate to?
800 what? 5000 what? TX or RX? I don't see anything resembling those numbers in what you posted. Mayber it'll come clear to me when I stream something but none of my figures look anything like the numbers you're quoting.
RX Rate. Around 800 - 900 in first image. Over 4000 in second.
I've tried several DNS servers including Verizon and google.
Interestingly Verizon's was fast last night - 3-4 K right through prime time. For the past year or so Verizon's DNS has not provided the best speed.
Also, earlier in the week I noticed solid performance on Verizon for a a couple of days and then it fell apart.
Hopefully they are making changes to provide relief or better yet rolling out peering? That would be fantastic.
Regardless the performance last night was so good and atypical I have to think something is changing.
As noted elsewhere, Verizon and Netflix are beginning to roll out their Direct connections. So for those previously posting lousy netflix speed how about checking again AND IF you now see good speeds let us know what areas you are in.
The official statements from Verizon where only that they are working on the new connections and with a vague date as by the end of the year.
Unfortunately the performance problem isn't solved in the boston suburbs.
Since my last report I've had multiple nights where performance after 7 pm drops to 1.5 to 1.8 - which I find difficult to watch (as evidenced by my paying vudu to finish a movie I'd gotten into).
If FiOS and Netflix couldachieve a constant primetime min 3+ it would be wonderful.
