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jd50aejd50ae Posts: 7,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Has anyone else noticed the internet going up and down the past couple of weeks?
Has anyone seen any news story about it?
Doesn't matter where you try to go it is becoming iffy.
 

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    TBonzTBonz Posts: 554 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Definitely there are some providers who are not as reliable as others.  When we are near Raleigh the service is pretty reliable and rather fast.  When we head down near the coast the service is less reliable and no where near as fast.
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    BKDogBKDog Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Check your bandwidth: http://speedtest.net - Check with your ISP, your download speed and upload speed will depend on your local variables such as router and modem capabilities and the type of plan you're subscribed to. It could also be something as simple as a squirrel chewing through your cable line across the street.

    Run a traceroute: (Linux) just run MTR from command prompt, (Winblows) download WinMTR utility from Sourceforge. Find where your packet loss is, that's often your problem.
    It turns out when I copy the IP 4.69.214.18 and Google search, it comes up listing Level3 Communications (which is usually the problem). A quick trip here gives me more information and a means to report the outage: https://istheservicedown.com/problems/level-3-communications/map
    You can report the problem directly at the service down site, sit back, and eat nachos.


    "Love is a dung heap, Betty and I am but a c.o.c.k. that climbs upon it to crow."
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    GuitardedGuitarded Posts: 4,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
    BKDog said:
    Check your bandwidth: http://speedtest.net - Check with your ISP, your download speed and upload speed will depend on your local variables such as router and modem capabilities and the type of plan you're subscribed to. It could also be something as simple as a squirrel chewing through your cable line across the street.

    Run a traceroute: (Linux) just run MTR from command prompt, (Winblows) download WinMTR utility from Sourceforge. Find where your packet loss is, that's often your problem.
    It turns out when I copy the IP 4.69.214.18 and Google search, it comes up listing Level3 Communications (which is usually the problem). A quick trip here gives me more information and a means to report the outage: https://istheservicedown.com/problems/level-3-communications/map
    You can report the problem directly at the service down site, sit back, and eat nachos.


    You could turn it off.......wait 5 minutes and turn it on again.  ;)
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    TBonzTBonz Posts: 554 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Quick FYI:  tracert is the Windows version of traceroute for Linux

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    CharlieHeisCharlieHeis Posts: 8,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes I do think the internet is the cause of many problems. 
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    jd50aejd50ae Posts: 7,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I found the problem. And it was not my provider. Fixed.
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    jlmartajlmarta Posts: 7,881 ✭✭✭✭✭
    BKDog said:
    Check your bandwidth: http://speedtest.net - Check with your ISP, your download speed and upload speed will depend on your local variables such as router and modem capabilities and the type of plan you're subscribed to. It could also be something as simple as a squirrel chewing through your cable line across the street.

    Run a traceroute: (Linux) just run MTR from command prompt, (Winblows) download WinMTR utility from Sourceforge. Find where your packet loss is, that's often your problem.
    It turns out when I copy the IP 4.69.214.18 and Google search, it comes up listing Level3 Communications (which is usually the problem). A quick trip here gives me more information and a means to report the outage: https://istheservicedown.com/problems/level-3-communications/map
    You can report the problem directly at the service down site, sit back, and eat nachos.


    Uh, what language are you speaking?  What if my packet isn’t really lost, just eloped with my bandwidth?  Would that cause my frammistan to oscillate?  😏
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    deadmandeadman Posts: 8,804 ✭✭✭✭✭
    jd50ae said:
    I found the problem. And it was not my provider. Fixed.
    Government spying software 
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    TBonzTBonz Posts: 554 ✭✭✭✭✭
    deadman said:
    jd50ae said:
    I found the problem. And it was not my provider. Fixed.
    Government spying software 
    Or wife!  :):D
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    silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 19,196 ✭✭✭✭✭
    if your framistan is oscillating put it to good use
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    Amos_UmwhatAmos_Umwhat Posts: 8,429 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2019
    deadman said:
    jd50ae said:
    I found the problem. And it was not my provider. Fixed.
    Government spying software 
    C'mon guys, obviously it was the DEMOCRATS!  They're on to him, you know.
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    YaksterYakster Posts: 25,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It was the pig's ear lobby.
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    BKDogBKDog Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭✭✭
    deadman said:
    jd50ae said:
    I found the problem. And it was not my provider. Fixed.
    Government spying software 

    That would be called "Microsoft".
    "Love is a dung heap, Betty and I am but a c.o.c.k. that climbs upon it to crow."
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    dirtdudedirtdude Posts: 5,653 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll check with Al Gore to see what's going on,  let you know.
    A little dirt never hurt
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