Why was my speed reduced???

[GamersLove]

I've been paying for the maximum dsl speed service since FIOS is still not available to me, even though friends have it 5 blocks away from me. My speed was average 10mb download speed, now the maximum is 5-6mb. I'm still paying for the highest speed and getting slowwwwwww internet. I'm really getting angry, esp. with the fact that the USELESS customer service provided by foreigners who can't understand simple English, closed out our session before I could even get any help (Thanks for NOTHING, Agent Gauri!). It's getting ridiculous. 

And on top of that, the past few months, my internet has been dropping like crazy during peak hours. Fine during the day but once the evening comes, it can drop 10 times every night. I'm using a crappy Actiontec GT784WNV which I've had about a year after my trusty Westell wireless router died. Anyone else in or around Philadelphia having the same problems?

[dslr595148]

#1 In the modem combo go to Status

#2 Please post the Transceiver Statistics.

#3 For example of what Transceiver Statistics looks like, here is another user's Transceiver Statistics from this modem.

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Downstream Upstream
Initial 3456934665 1125768862
Final (+92011) 3457026676 (+3389) 1125772251
Relative Capacity[%] 75 95
Noise Margin [dB] 13.0 10.7
Transmit Signal Power [dBm] 15.5 12.2
Attenuation [dB] 17.3 10.1
Bit Rate [kb/s] 17647 1047
Max. Attainable Bit Rate [kb/s] 23279 1095

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 #4

 Visit http://www.giganews.com/line_info.html and post up the Traceroute the page shows, if you wish. Be aware that your non-bogan public IP Address will show up.  It might shown up as the final hop (bottom-most line of the trace)  might contain a hop with your IP address in it. Either remove that line or show only the first two octets. What I'm looking for is a line that mentions "ERX" in it's name towards the end. If for some reason the trace does not complete (two lines full of Stars), keep the trace route intact.

For example this what I see

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news.giganews.com

    traceroute to 71.242.*.* (71.242.*.*), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
    1 gw1-g-vlan201.dca.giganews.com (216.196.98.4) 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms
    2 ash-bb1-link.telia.net (213.248.70.241) 39 ms 7 ms 7 ms
    3 TenGigE0-2-0-0.GW1.IAD8.ALTER.NET (63.125.125.41) 4 ms 4 ms GigabitEthernet2-0-0.GW8.IAD8.ALTER.NET (63.65.76.189) 4 ms
    4 so-7-1-0-0.PHIL-CORE-RTR1.verizon-gni.net (130.81.20.137) 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms
    5 P3-0-0.PHIL-DSL-RTR11.verizon-gni.net (130.81.13.170) 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms
    6 static-71-242-*-*.phlapa.east.verizon.net (71.242.*.*) 32 ms 32 ms 33 ms

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[GamersLove]

PPP Parameter Status

User Name:
PPP Type:	PPPoE
LCP State:	UP
IPCP State:	UP
Authentication Failures:	0
Session Time:	0 Days, 23H:31M:45S
Packets Sent:	738228
Packets Received:	879902

Broadband Status

Broadband Parameter Status

VPI:	0
VCI:	35
Broadband Mode Setting:	ADSL2+
Broadband Negotiated Mode:	ADSL2+
Connection Status:	CONNECTED
Downstream Speed:	6926 Kbps
Upstream Speed:	892 Kbps
Retrains:	3
Retrain Timer:	0 Days, 0H:37M:46S
ATM QoS class:	UBR
Near End CRC Errors Interleave:	77565
Near End CRC Errors Fastpath :	N/A
Far End CRC Errors Interleave :	0
Far End CRC Errors Fastpath :	N/A
30 Minute Near End CRC Interleave :	33
30 Minute Near End CRC Fastpath :	N/A
30 Minute Far End CRC Interleave :	0
30 Minute Far End CRC Fastpath :	N/A
Near End RS FEC Interleave :	0
Near End RS FEC Fastpath :	N/A
Far End RS FEC Interleave :	0
Far End RS FEC Fastpath :	N/A
30 Minute Near End FEC Interleave :	710326
30 Minute Near End FEC Fastpath :	N/A
30 Minute Far End FEC Interleave :	0
30 Minute Far End FEC Fastpath :	N/A
30 Minute Discarded Packets Downstream :	0
30 Minute Discarded Packets Upstream :	0
SNR Downstream :	6 dB
SNR Upstream :	9 dB
Attenuation Downstream :	40 dB
Attenuation Upstream :	18 dB
Power Downstream	20.3 dBm
Power Upstream	12.2 dBm

[GamersLove]

news.giganews.com

traceroute to 71.175.*.* (71.175.*.*), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 gw1-g-vlan201.dca.giganews.com (216.196.98.4) 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms
2 ash-bb1-link.telia.net (213.248.70.241) 62 ms 62 ms 62 ms
3 TenGigE0-2-0-0.GW1.IAD8.ALTER.NET (63.125.125.41) 1 ms GigabitEthernet2-0-0.GW8.IAD8.ALTER.NET (63.65.76.189) 1 ms 1 ms
4 B200.PHLAPA-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net (130.81.199.203) 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms
5 P0-0.PHLAPA-PHLAPAMK-ERXG11.verizon-gni.net (130.81.44.213) 8 ms 8 ms 9 ms
6 * * *
7 * * *
8 * * *
9 * * *
10 * * *
11 * * *
12 * * *
13 * * *
14 * * *
15 * * *
16 * * Max number of unresponsive hops reached (firewall or filter?)

[gremlins]

You are lucky for 2 years now when it rains here (balt.Md.) I have no dsl. I pay for 7 megs and on a good day get 3.7.During the evening hours sometimes 1/2 that. We cant have fios because of a monopoly the cities politicans have with comcast.  Oh my motorola modem did do better than the westel and actiontec verizon suplied. much better service life to.

[gremlins]

Almost forgot there is a law that says they have to suply an english speaking person when requsted. email any one seeking votes when they refuse.

[GamersLove]

Tell me about it. I live in Philly where Comcast is headquartered. They fought tooth and nail for years to keep FIOS outta the city. I live at the edge of the city and most of my neighborhood has FIOS and just a few blocks up the street doesn't have it still. Ridiculous. You should see all the Comcast vs Verizon vs Directv ads in this town alone. Annoying. I don't want to go the Comcast route because they've sucked for me in the past. But Verizon has an opportunity to be a better alternative and yet, simple things like this cause the biggest problems for them. 

[smith6612]

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@GamersLove wrote:

PPP Parameter Status

User Name:
PPP Type:	PPPoE
LCP State:	UP
IPCP State:	UP
Authentication Failures:	0
Session Time:	0 Days, 23H:31M:45S
Packets Sent:	738228
Packets Received:	879902

Broadband Status

Broadband Parameter Status

VPI:	0
VCI:	35
Broadband Mode Setting:	ADSL2+
Broadband Negotiated Mode:	ADSL2+
Connection Status:	CONNECTED
Downstream Speed:	6926 Kbps
Upstream Speed:	892 Kbps
Retrains:	3
Retrain Timer:	0 Days, 0H:37M:46S
ATM QoS class:	UBR
Near End CRC Errors Interleave:	77565
Near End CRC Errors Fastpath :	N/A
Far End CRC Errors Interleave :	0
Far End CRC Errors Fastpath :	N/A
30 Minute Near End CRC Interleave :	33
30 Minute Near End CRC Fastpath :	N/A
30 Minute Far End CRC Interleave :	0
30 Minute Far End CRC Fastpath :	N/A
Near End RS FEC Interleave :	0
Near End RS FEC Fastpath :	N/A
Far End RS FEC Interleave :	0
Far End RS FEC Fastpath :	N/A
30 Minute Near End FEC Interleave :	710326
30 Minute Near End FEC Fastpath :	N/A
30 Minute Far End FEC Interleave :	0
30 Minute Far End FEC Fastpath :	N/A
30 Minute Discarded Packets Downstream :	0
30 Minute Discarded Packets Upstream :	0
SNR Downstream :	6 dB
SNR Upstream :	9 dB
Attenuation Downstream :	40 dB
Attenuation Upstream :	18 dB
Power Downstream	20.3 dBm
Power Upstream	12.2 dBm

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If you used to have 10Mbps in the past, your line has deteriorated a ton. It's already running at capacity at the lower speed and hitting a ton of errors to boot.

Consider testing your modem out at the NID (See this FAQ for what this is: https://secure.dslreports.com/faq/1317 ) and failing a huge improvement in stats, you will need a tech to come out and figure out what hapepened. Either your line gained some length since you last saw higher speeds, or the line is damaged.