Motherfucking ISP needs some respect slapped into it.

[Light Of Darkness]

Oh by the way, make sure you're not advertised as 15 Mega-BITS per seconds. Much different than 15 Mega-BYTES per second.

Is that kind of connection even possible without fiber optics.

[Tahko]

15 megabyte connections exist..?

[madmattd]

Well 15 MegaBytes/s would be a 120 MegaBit connection, if my math is right. Just over your standard Ethernet connection (yes I know many are moving to Gigabit now, but most routers still aren't). Might be something you could get residential, but I kinda doubt it. Commercial, I'm sure you can. Pretty much any datacenter exceeds that.

[Mullet]

Surfboard 5101U 192.168.100.1 web access. This will change for every modem.



Signal To Noise Ratio = you want 34 minimum all the way up to 40 which is rare.
Downstream Power Level = can operate at -10 to +10 the closest to 0 the better.
Upstream Power Level = Keep this number below 52, at 58 and above the modem will shut off.

[Light Of Darkness]

I have no idea how to open that page.

IIRC my router is a Bell 2Wire router.

[Tahko]

Open command prompt, type ipconfig, then type your default gateway into your internet browser's navigation bar. amirite?

[Mullet]

Light Of Darkness has DSL or ADSL, the picture I showed is for cable modems only.

[Light Of Darkness]

I have DSL, so what do I do now.
Can't find the signal page.

[Mullet]

I have DSL, so what do I do now.
Can't find the signal page.

The page I posted is for cable networks only, you are on a phone network. sorry dude.

[gluestiq]

You're getting service on a 6MB plan. They'll say anything probably above 4MB is considered getting service.

I know I've dealt with lagging issues for a long time while I was on a 20.0 service, finally made the upgrade to 50.0 and I haven't ever had any issues in a very long time.

[Light Of Darkness]

Except I'm getting less than 3.5 MB usually during that lag.
And upwards of 500 MS ping.

[madmattd]

The problem with residential service is they legally don't have to guarantee really ANYTHING if you read the fine print. As has been mentioned, you get "up to XX" speed, but there is no minimum in reality. I agree that it shouldn't be failing on the ping like it is, but the speed drops are perfectly normal, especially with DSL. Typically if you complain enough to tech support, they'll eventually send someone out, and the field service guys usually take good care of you in my experience. The people on the phone are typically useless.

[Light Of Darkness]

Okay, just tried a test on my computer that has a wired connection.
It's getting normal speeds. Huh.
Tried it on my computer again.
1.3 mbps.
306 ping.
I think it's my POS Belkin wireless adapter. It's been randomly turning itself off 2 months after I got it.
And the problem just got worse.
My dad says it's my computer. He IS a software engineer, although he is ironically almost as bad with computers as my mom.

[madmattd]

I told you about my Belkin router...Belkin seems to have major issues with networking stuff, especially wireless-N (if that is what you are using, then sorry!). And wireless isn't best for speeds anyway. but it should be better than 1.3megabits.

[Light Of Darkness]

I've got a wireless G Plus.