If you mean latency, no, that's not what a soft loop will do, it will take you down, but not hard. Although taking someone down hard isn't that hard to do either. Just drop their ip off their isp and your done with a drop down command after accessing their isp's networkperrinoia wrote:Well, in that case... Do you have the ability to do the opposite of whatever you described above? Because my internet connection feels like it's got a strong case of the soft loop, if you know what I mean...
<--Click here to subscribe to S_hift's youtubeAwesome!<!>KILROY wrote:Actually TW is upgrading soon. They are running a 300mg line into neighborhoods to compete with ATT's U-Verse.
That is the fastest they offer any customer, however 25 is the fastest they offer my neighborhood, and the fine print in the contract does say that we share that bandwidth with the whole neighborhood.<!>KILROY wrote:It sounds like you did not pay TW for a dedicated line speed. They do offer those. Right now the fastest you can get with a hard line from TW is 50mg's.
Shit, son... My phone has more bandwidth than that.<!>KILROY wrote:I live in the country and can only get ATT DSL with a 6mg dedicated line. ATT does not offer U-Verse out here, and it will be some time before they even get close.
Yes, this is probably why the cable is so unreliable. When TW ran cable from the street to the house, they laid the cable on top of the grass, running around the back side of the house. I called them weekly to find out when they would bury it, but they never directly answered my question, and instead told me excuses as to why they couldn't, such as the contractor who buries cables is backed up, or the ground is frozen. We live in NC so the ground wasn't fucking frozen, the temperature was like 50 degrees the whole time. They proceeded to leave it there, for 6 months, before sending someone to bury the fucking thing. We had to pick the cable up and move it every time we mowed the lawn, so we wouldn't cut it, and I'm pretty sure the sun's UV light reeks havoc on the type of cable that is supposed to be buried under ground.<!>KILROY wrote:ATT U-Verse is faster due to it being a fiber optic line which transmits light instead of a signal via copper. The only problem with fiber, is if it is cut, you lose service, unless they have a way to re-route the services, and it takes a special machine to re-splice. It also doesn't corrode, in which your copper line from TW will do if exposed by losing its insulation surrounding the copper wire.
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That sux's perrinoia. Do have a long time before the contract ends? That would be the best bet to look to see if they offer a dedicated line speed and at what cost.perrinoia wrote:That is the fastest they offer any customer, however 25 is the fastest they offer my neighborhood, and the fine print in the contract does say that we share that bandwidth with the whole neighborhood.
That's not good. Leaving an exposed co-ax cable in the sun for that long, then burying it? The buried co-ax cable I have at my house by ATT was going to be ran and buried just as it was. I told the contractor hell no. You are going to shield that cable in a housing before you bury it. I told him who I was and what I did for living, and understood these things. I called ATT to update them, and he had to come back with the insulation sleeve to house the co-ax cable before burying it with a ditchwitch trencher. (Which I didn't pay for any of the installation, but they are raping me with a monthly rate of $56 a month for a 6mg line) When TW runs their services to my place, they relayed they will install an aereal line, not underground, after I told them I was looking to be a long term customer, since ATT doesn't plan to run U-Verse anytime soon in my area.perrinoia wrote:Yes, this is probably why the cable is so unreliable. When TW ran cable from the street to the house, they laid the cable on top of the grass, running around the back side of the house. I called them weekly to find out when they would bury it, but they never directly answered my question, and instead told me excuses as to why they couldn't, such as the contractor who buries cables is backed up, or the ground is frozen. We live in NC so the ground wasn't fucking frozen, the temperature was like 50 degrees the whole time. They proceeded to leave it there, for 6 months, before sending someone to bury the fucking thing. We had to pick the cable up and move it every time we mowed the lawn, so we wouldn't cut it, and I'm pretty sure the sun's UV light reeks havoc on the type of cable that is supposed to be buried under ground.
Well you do have a point there, but they don't run the underground line, they contract it out. Which means they only go by what the contractor tells them on where the line is, they don't really know since they didn't run it. An above line is something TW will run using their own people and equipment, which they already have. The line in the ground will NOT be insulated besides what insulation the copper line already has surrounding it from the factory. An aereal line will be covered with an outer insulation protecting it, but like you relayed....weather and so forth can cause issues also, but the above ground line will be easier to maintain. If the underground line is severed, it won't be fixed, they will just hire another contractor to run a new line. After a few times of doing this, your ground is no longer useful due to all the copper in it, just in case you want to plant anything organic in the future. So either way you do have ups and downs.perrinoia wrote:I sincerely doubt that he's stuck in a contract... He's had TWC for at least 3 years, since I got rid of U-verse.
Why would they want to run an aereal line instead of underground? Which costs more, a ditchwitch trencher or a cherry picker?
I would think the cherry picker would be more expensive, since it would have to come back every time a line got severed due to ice and falling branches, and shit like that.
The only thing that can fuck up an underground line is tree roots, earthquakes, and idiots who don't call digsafe, right?
Keep in mind even Verizon Fios does the same thing as a NON Dedicated TW line. During peak times it's limited on it's speed also 7 - 10 mg. You also have a bandwidth cap between 2 - 10 TB, whether your a public customer or a business. Remember, any company that deals in communications has to go through my company for the main connection services, and my company has to maintain the main lines so the smaller companies can continue to receive income, and vice versa. If you purchase a dedicated speed line from a company, that will guarantee you a solid speed connection which should not drop during peak hours. It should stay the same speed most of the time, unless they are having a maintanance schedule being done. Just FYI...I do more work on Verizon stuff than anyone else, but that's not to say they are bad. They just don't take the time to run lines properly all the time. They are in a hurry to make a profit and expand.perrinoia wrote:Well, on the plus side, my brother intends to move soon-ish, and the zip code he wants to move to has verizon fios...
