I see this a lot
I pay $90 a month for 12Mbps down and 1Mbps up. It’s all I have available. I never get 1Mbps up, at least according to testmy.net. Ping responses take quite a while, no matter the geographical location of the box I’m pinging.
tyler@echo:~$ ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=1791 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=1941 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=1523 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=49 time=2028 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=5 ttl=49 time=1831 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=6 ttl=49 time=1846 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=7 ttl=49 time=2147 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=8 ttl=49 time=2228 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=9 ttl=49 time=2299 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=10 ttl=49 time=2350 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=11 ttl=49 time=2252 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=12 ttl=49 time=2373 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=13 ttl=49 time=2247 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=14 ttl=49 time=2116 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=15 ttl=49 time=2069 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=16 ttl=49 time=2248 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=17 ttl=49 time=2162 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=18 ttl=49 time=2204 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=19 ttl=49 time=2148 ms
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
21 packets transmitted, 19 received, 9% packet loss, time 20037ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1523.625/2095.396/2373.288/214.538 ms, pipe 3
Of course, WindStream support folks have me test with speedtest.net, which hangs well below the 1Mbps mark. Until the end of the upload, when it gets faster, and then that’s what’s used as the result.
It’s not this bad all the time, but it’s bad way more often than it should be.
I actually miss Mediacom Cable.
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