| george on 13 Sep 2017 15:54:00 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Internet access in Berwyn slows to a crawl as the day wears on ... |
Michel van der List tried his FIOS connection about a mile from my house:
speedtest-cli Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Testing from Verizon ([Redacted])... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Selecting best server based on ping... Hosted by Comcast (New Castle, DE) [34.01 km]: 19.96 ms Testing download speed................................. Download: 144.64 Mbit/s Testing upload speed................................... Upload: 121.79 Mbit/s
And then suggested that I should call Verizon. Which I did. The Chat representative suggested that I restart the router. I had to do that twice (again, at his suggestion) and now I get:
speedtest-cli Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Testing from Verizon Fios ([Redacted])... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Selecting best server based on ping... Hosted by Line Systems (West Chester, PA) [14.15 km]: 31.03 ms Testing download speed....................................... Download: 6.16 Mbit/s Testing upload speed......................................... Upload: 9.23 Mbit/s
I might have thought Whoopie ! What an improvement ! Except that I already know what Michel is getting. I even tried my alternative Trisquel OS running on a USB- connected hard drive, but that gives the same result. I may have pissed off a few Russians & Ukranians by blocking their access to my webpage, and this may be some kind of denial-of-service attack, but they would have to be keeping the same hours as typical college students, whom I think are the culprits, though that doesn't explain why my missus gets no download delays while I'm taking frequent B/R breaks or playing Freecell during the loading of most web pages. We're using the same wireless router, too. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug