Is it an integrated router in the modem? They tend to suck - might be
exhausting connection limits or something (bittorents?). I'd say set
the modem to "bridge" if so and use/try a 3rd party router.
Another thing is it sounds like you're triggering something like a
policer that at a high mark "penalizes" you and reduces your cir
temporarily. Network Quality of Service boxes like Sandvine deep-packet
inspection (dpi) appliances were known to do this as a policy (abuse),
and most isp's have and/or use something like them. This is almost
defacto in 3g/4g cell networks.
No one will flat out admit to it really in a non-cell network that
"unlimited" bandwidth is advertised and perceived, but even Cox had them
installed and ready to turn on until the backlash against Comcast for
using Sandvine's stopped them.
-mb
On 02/17/2013 08:42 PM, JD Austin wrote:
> My guess is your DSL modem is rebooting; how old is it?
>
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Derek Trotter <expat.arizonan@gmail.com
> <mailto:expat.arizonan@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> 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.
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