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It started being slow a couple days ago. I was wondering whether it was on my end or Verizon's.
I ran a Tracert to Verizon.net and pasted the results into a document, if that's needed.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
my connection has also gotten slow, netflix/youtube has to constantly buffer whenever i do anything now. ever since that storm started a couple days ago.
I've also been seeing slowdowns for the 2 days (Bergen County).
Yesterday morning it was fine:
2011-08-20 08:05:04 (3.50 MB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [10485760/10485760]
During the day it was awful
2011-08-20 15:05:27 (387 KB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [10485760/10485760]
Overnight it got better
2011-08-21 02:50:04 (3.52 MB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [10485760/10485760]
This morning (starting 10am) it went bad again
2011-08-21 15:50:54 (194 KB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [10485760/10485760]
Currently 2011-08-21 18:51:10 (149 KB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [10485760/10485760] That's slower than DSL!
@sweh wrote:Currently 2011-08-21 18:51:10 (149 KB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [10485760/10485760] That's slower than DSL!
@sweh wrote:
My DSL won't even go that fast! 😮
I changed DNS servers on our router to Google's and it is much faster, 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/
I run my own DNS servers. The speed tests I posted were downloading large files, so DNS isn't relevant.
It looks like the problem may be on the Verizon backbone.
I stuck a 10Mbyte file on my server in Fremont, CAAttempting to download it via wget:2% [ ] 260,369 27.5K/s eta 6m 20sLet's give up on that. Heh, let's try via IPv6100%[======================================>] 10,485,760 2.99M/s in 4.0s
I am also experiencing slow downloads here in Jersey City NJ. There are now many reports in DSLReports on this issue and is apparently not being acknowledged by Verizon tech support. Hopefully we can get some traction here.
Same problem here in Union, N.J. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes same problem here in jersey city, NJ. Last night it was so slow that even forums weren't loading, now in the morning its a bit better but didn't test if it was fixed. Buffering on many websites freezes the video every 2 seconds, websites don't even usually load unless i keep refreshing.
Same problem in Cedar Grove (Essex County).
At least I hope this is a Verizon problem and not a computer problem.
This weekend wa a mess.
I've had connection. But pages would only intermittently load.
I thought maybe I had a virus on my laptop.
So I ran program after program after program with nary a virus. I couldn't update malwarebytes to the newest verion(out of date by 8 days) because it would not download.
I tried updating my Firefox...but I couldn't download the new version.
So I HOPE HOPE HOPE it's not on my end. Will check when I get home tonight.
i also have the same problem here in bergen county, nj hope this gets fixed soon, i get less than half the speed than i had a few days ago, whats going on?
I'm back to normal here in Jersey City NJ. I guess they fixed that issue in Newark. Thanks for keeping us posted.
Yesterday, it wasn't terrible, but today it's back to being terrible.
I guess we'll just keep the thread bumped with complaints until Verizon responds.
Update for Tuesday night.
Internet was wishy-washy but mostly sucked.
But my program guide was working again on my TV.
I am expecting the new router today. We'll see what happens. I'll tryo to report back tomorrow.
Router arrived. But I didn't have time to hook it up.
On a side note, my program guide wasn't working again last night and internet was still crappy.
Hopefully, router gets installed tonight.
