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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: "Ahmed Osman" [ashex@chipnick.com]<br>
Date: 12/22/2009 04:03 PM<br>
To: "Paul DeShaw" <zaltar@myway.com><br>
CC: gslug-general@gslug.org<br>
Subject: Re: [Gslug-general] Slow DSL:My systems or Qwest?<br>
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<<When browsing the web, do you see a lag between requesting a page and receiving it? If this is happening, thats a really big indicator of network congestion.>><br>
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It varies--sometimes pages load fairly fast, other times I get up and make a cup of tea, come back, and it's still loading--or it times out.<br>
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<<I recommend disconnecting all devices then connecting a computer directly to the modem and doing a network test, both a speed test (such as on speakeasy.net) and a sustained one (Download a big file and watch the speed). If there is a significant improvement, either a network device or a computer is causing the problems on your computer. If there isnt one, then its Qwests hardware.<br>
-Ahmed Osman>><br>
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The only thing connected to the modem other than the computer is the phone. I tried the speed test with the phone plugged in, and got 1067/700 down/up. I started downloading (for the umpteenth time) Edubuntu, and it was 30-odd kb/s. Slow even for dialup.<br>
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I then paused the download, unplugged the phone, rebooted the modem, and tried the speed test again. I got 985/655, and the download was again in the 30's. I was seeing over 100 kb/s earlier; I managed to get 2 gigs of Edubuntu by leaving it going all day, but it stopped, and wouldn't resume properly when I tried the pause/resume trick to restart it. I ended up starting over.<br>
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Does any of this tell you anything?<br>
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--Paul<br>
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On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Paul DeShaw <zaltar@myway.com> wrote:<br>
Hello,<br>
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