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<font face="Comic Sans MS">I guess it's possible that earthlink is
imposing some farked up qos settings. Speed tests at earthlink's
speed test page and at speedtest.net show no problems and the full
bandwidth I'm supposed to get - 6mbit or higher. The test at
speakeasy.net/speedtest shows the pausing that plagues my
connection. Figuring in the bandwidth I do get and the pauses,
the tests usually end up between .9 mbit and 2.5 or 3 mbit.
AT&T sent a guy out today to test the connection today. He
couldn't get into the room where the phone company's wiring box is
located. So he said he would come back Monday when there's
somebody around to let him in. He also told me he did have
someone back at "the office" do a test on the equipment. He said
they found a minor fault in one port and fixed it, but the problem
is still there.<br>
<br>
Even if earthlink is using some qos settings, isn't it a bit
extreme to throttle a 6 mbit connection down to 1? Also since the
tests show a variety in results each time, I wonder if there might
be something else messed up. Anyway it can't hurt for me to nag
them some more about it.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your suggestion.<br>
<br>
Derek<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/23/2013 05:28 PM, Jason Spatafore
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">This is a classic example of QoS
usage. <br>
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The VPN connection doesn't experience the problem because the
QoS settings for VPN would have a no throttling policy attached.
SSH would typically be non-throttled as well. <br>
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On 02/17/2013 08:02 PM, Derek Trotter wrote:<br>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS">For several weeks I've had a problem
with my earthlink dsl service. Anytime I'm doing something
that uses all or most of my downstream bandwidth, all data
coming into or going out of my apartment stops. At the same
time I'm downloading something a series of updates for kubuntu
and listening to streaming audio, both stop. If I'm using my
windows box to download something else, that too stops. After
a pause lasting anywhere from a second or two to 15 or 20
seconds, the downloads resume. A few seconds later, there's
another pause. This cycle repeats itself until the download
is complete or I give up.<br>
<br>
Each computer has two nics. The problem persists no matter
which one either machine is using for it's internet
connection. If I remove the router, connect the dsl modem
directly to either computer, the problem persists. I even
went to the closet and got the modem when I had dsl from
AT&T. I set it to work with the earthlink service and the
problem persists.<br>
<br>
Saturday an AT&T technician was here, checked the line
from the cord that plugs into the dsl modem and says the line
is in excellent shape and noise levels are very low. This is
not surprising since I live less than 1/4 mile from AT&T's
local office where all their equipment is.<br>
<br>
Since I've tried two computers, 4 nics, two dsl modems and
removed the router, and the problem still persists, I'm
guessing the problem is somewhere at earthlink's end.<br>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS">Tonight at 21:30 EST, an earthlink
tech support person from somewhere in India called to tell me
they had fixed the problem. While he was on the phone I tried
downloading something else and guess what. The problem was
not fixed. As near as I can tell, the dsl connection does not
go down. The earthlink people say it stays up. The lights on
the modem that are on when the connection is up never go off
or blink.</font><br>
<br>
The man asks me what dns settings I use. I tell him 8.8.8.8 and
8.8.4.4. He says I should try earthlink's dns servers. To
humor him I changed the settings on the windows box and guess
what. The problem did not go away.<br>
<br>
Maybe I'm missing something, but it's my understanding that once
the download has begun, that dns has already done it's job and
has no further role to play. One more thing. If I use a VPN
connection, I have no problem with it.<br>
<br>
Any idea what's going on? If you were to venture a guess, would
you say the problem is at my place, with AT&T or with
Earthlink?<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
Derek<br>
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