Download Speeds poor in my area for the last few days
I live in the Baltimore area and my download speeds have been under 2MBps since last thursday. I've been testing them out regularly at www.speedtest.net as I've been timing out from the normal internet applications I use. My upload speeds are still testing at 20MBps + but the download speeds haven't reached 2MBps and are often under 1MBps. I tried calling the support number, and they said there wasn't any local issue. I've tried all of the standard nonsense of turning everything off, rebooting, running anti-virus spyware but to no avail. I'm pretty sure there is a local issue and they just didn't have the expertise or desire to look in to it.
My speed test from Montgomery County, MD to Comcast in Baltimore. Do you have another PC you could use to run a second test? Are you running this test over wireless? If so, try a hardwired connection and report back. If running on wireless, you may wish to log into your router and try a different wireless channel.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1682261438.png
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However, about 2 weeks ago the broadband completely lost connection for about 22 hours. My wife works from home so we needed it up, even at dial-up speeds so that she could use email. I contacted the call centre in India (who weren't much use) who said they couldn't find anything wrong with the line and suggested I call the UK tecchies. Funnily enough, I had just called them up when I noticed that the broadband was back on. An amazing coincidence...
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Connection time 0 days, 00:28:48
Downstream 608 Kbps
Upstream 448 Kbps
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VPI/VCI 0/38
Type PPPoA
Modulation G.992.1 Annex A
Latency type Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up) 25.9 dB / 21.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up) 56.2 dB / 31.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up) 1.1 dBm / 1.5 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote) 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote) 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote) 0 / 0
FEC Errors (Down/Up) 6 / 4
CRC Errors (Down/Up) 84 / 34
HEC Errors (Down/Up) 71 / 43
Error Seconds (Local/Remote) 6 / 4
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