[muglo] Re: Rogers hispeed
- From: Larry Kryski <spellboundpub@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: MUGLO <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:53:13 -0500
Rogers recently upped the speed of my business line from 3 to 5 Mbps, at no
charge. Yesterday I downloaded Apple's 92 Meg (I believe) combined update i=
n
about 3 (three!) minutes. So no obvious slowdown in this end of the city.
(Exeter Rd.)
If you want to check the speed of your downloads=8A go to Apples site and try
a large download. Their site is fast and will allow your cable modem to wor=
k
at maximum speed, moderated only by the amount of traffic on your local
loop. If you can't get any speed out of Apple's site, then you definitely
have a problem some where either in London or on your machine. Try the same
download in the day and again late at night. There will most likely be a
change in the amount of traffic between those times. If your download
changes substantially between your test times, then it is likely a Rogers
overload problem. If there is little change, then it may be on your machine
or on your cable line.
A couple of years back, I had problems with low download speeds on my
high-speed line. Rogers traced it to an inferior line installation
complicated by possible damage to the cable (e.g. Rocks can move around fro=
m
the frost effects and can cut/damage underground installations). The signal
was so badly degraded (about 1/1000 of the normal amplitude) that my modem
continually requested resends, which slowed down the speed substantially.
When they installed a new line, things returned to normal. (And the TV
reception was substantially better too. No noise on the higher channels!)
Larry
On 04/11/17 03:14 PM, "Tee Cashmore" <teecashmore@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 17-Nov-04, at 1:39 PM, Hawk wrote:
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>> Anyone having problems with Rogers hi-speed lately? Mine is working at
>> about
>> half the speed of dial-up and I can't even get some pages to load.
>> Well, it
>> takes to long I give up.
>> Also still wondering if I can "uninstall" software simply by
>> dragging to
>> the trash and re-installing it? Think I missed a step first time
>> around. jim
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> Not on Rogers myself, but what you describe is an ongoing issue with
> Cable in certain areas; Rogers claims it is rapidly fixing the problem,
> but who believes a Monopoly?
> As to uninstall I would simply trash the programme and reinstall.
> TTFN,
> TeeC
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