Speed availability at my location

Hoping someone can give some insight on how to fix this problem.
I currently live less than 2500 feet from the central office and my availability is provisioned at up to 3.0 mbps. When the technician came out to my home to connect the wires, he said he was able to get 10 mbps on my line. As a side note, I used to be located over 9000 feet from this same central office and was receiving 7.0 mbps. I've contacted sales/tech support numerous times to try and get my speed cap increased, but I keep getting punted back and forth. Sales states they can't increase my speed because the cap is set to 3 mbps, and tech states they cannot increase my speed because I'm maxed out at what I am currently provisioned for. When the tech agents test my line, they've reported back speeds on my line of between 7-9 mbps each time. I've had a sales and tech agent on a conference call and still can't get a resolution.
What else can I do to try and get my speed cap increased?

Thanks for your help Smith6612! I got the same run around answer, so any hail mary attempt you can make is very much appreciated.
If it helps, here is some info I pulled from my modem and traceroute. Not sure what to make of the traceroute.
1 gw1-g-vlan201.dca.giganews.com (216.196.98.4) 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms
2 ash-bb1-link.telia.net (213.248.70.241) 11 ms 11 ms 10 ms
3 ash-bb3-link.telia.net (80.91.248.160) 7 ms 0 ms 7 ms
4 ash-b2-link.telia.net (213.155.133.189) 0 ms ash-b2-link.telia.net (80.91.252.93) 0 ms ash-b2-link.telia.net (213.155.133.183) 0 ms
5 GigabitEthernet2-0-0.GW8.IAD8.ALTER.NET (63.65.76.189) 0 ms TenGigE0-2-0-0.GW1.IAD8.ALTER.NET (63.125.125.41) 0 ms 4 ms
6 so-1-0-0-0.SJC01-CORE-RTR1.verizon-gni.net (130.81.20.45) 81 ms 81 ms 81 ms
VPI: 0
VCI: 35
DSL Mode Setting: Auto
DSL Negotiated Mode: G.DMT
Connection Status: ShowTime
Speed (down/up): 3360 / 864 Kbps
ATM QoS class: UBR
Output Power (Downstream/Upstream): 11.9 / 12.9 dBm
Attainable Rate (Downstream/Upstream): 11456 / 996 Kbps
HEC Errors (Downstream/Upstream): 0 / 0
OCD Errors (Downstream/Upstream): 0 / 0
LCD Errors (Downstream/Upstream): 0 / 0
SNR Margin (Downstream/Upstream): 29.2 / 11.0 dB
Attenuation (Downstream/Upstream): 15.0 / 9.0 dB
Current speed tests show 1.24 Mbps down and 0.73 Mbps up.

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EZ Jim & Ralph, I appreciate your suggestions.
EZ - I have not had time to view entirely your website on ichat. It looks pretty complete. Too busy. Equipment conflicts I don't believe I have any. There is nothing on any of the computers except the iSight camera. No other external or internal equipment added. Very little software other than Microsoft Office 2004 and a cople of other things. They are not loaded with stuff, pretty basic.
Also each little network location works fine, the only thing I'm having trouble with is Video Chat. They all text chat to each other just fine, including the Windows machines (some locations have windows xp machines only).
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I want to say, I think like you that it's the modem. I got that feeling from your last post.
I have checked out my G5 and I can Video Chat to a lot of people (settings below). I restored it back to the way it was originally set up when I could video chat with the Day Care Center Office (DCCO). I can chat with my son (he has similar Linksys WRT54G Router, the version I still don't have, and an iSight camera), my parents (they have a cable modem, and an old Linksys A&G Router, iSight), my neighbor (I lent him one of my iSights, he has Verizon Fiber Optic and a Apple Extreme Base Station). All video chatted fine.
My Linksys is now set to defaults. I restored everything back. This is how it was prior to all the testing (port forwarding, etc.)
Security: Firewall protection is enabled. Block Anonymous Internet Requests, Filter Multicast, Filter IDENT (Port 113) are all checked and on. Filter Internet NAT redirection is not checked.
Administration: UPnP is Enabled.
Applications & Gaming: No Port Forwarding, No Port Triggering, No DMZ, No QoS.
The one thing different in all this is the Modem. I am using a discontinued Westel Wirespeed model; A90-210015-04.
My son is using the same type Router (different version) but a different Westell modem (I don't know which yet) He has Version DSL. The Router is set to defaults like mine is now and we conference fine.
The DCCO who I use to video chat with but can not now, has had the Modem and the Router changed. They had an old Linksys A&G router and an old discontinued Westel Wirespeed model similar to mine (the model I don't know yet). Now they have a Linksys WRT54G ver. 2 and a Westell 2200 Modem/Router (set up as a modem only).
So I'm going to work on the Modem theory first at the DCCO. I'm going to try to put the old modem back and see if it works. I can only do this on Fridays when only one person is in the office. I can't shut them down to test this. So I'll get back to you after Friday.
Thanks again for your good and helpful suggestions.
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Given I can half see it (it pings) from the remote end, is there a magic spell using some back door by which I can reset the hub,
Is there some way I can come into it from the internet and reset it, by connecting via a different internet access point, such as a mobile phone say. What settings do I need to do, to allow this. I know I can do this sort of thing on a Draytek Router.
Should I just throw it away and replace it with my Draytek 2900 but what do I need for when I go Fibre?
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it doesn't but this forum is for residential customers and there is a separate forum for business users http://business.forums.bt.com/
the mods on here won't be able to help should you need their assistance as you are a business user
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nor is it configured on boot - dmesg | grep ACPI:
[ 0.404389] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[ 0.404443] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
[ 0.405020] pnp 00:00: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0a08 PNP0a03 (active)
[ 0.405295] system 00:01: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[ 0.405829] pnp 00:02: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0103 (active)
[ 0.406106] pnp 00:03: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0200 (active)
[ 0.406268] pnp 00:04: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c04 (active)
[ 0.406514] pnp 00:05: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0b00 (active)
[ 0.406613] pnp 00:06: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0800 (active)
[ 0.406774] pnp 00:07: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0303 (active)
[ 0.407104] system 00:08: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[ 0.407390] system 00:09: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c01 (active)
[ 0.408373] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 0.408377] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
[ 4.684770] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[ 4.685381] ACPI: acpi_idle registered with cpuidle
[ 4.686148] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 4.692517] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[ 4.696710] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 4.719486] ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 4.729977] ACPI: AC Adapter [AC0] (on-line)
[ 4.746949] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
[ 4.824909] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (61 C)
[ 5.220895] acer_wmi: Acer Laptop ACPI-WMI Extras
Yet, running acpi_listen generates the following when the tablet is rotated:
PNP0C14:00 000000bc 00000000
PNP0C14:00 000000bc 00000000
PNP0C14:00 000000bc 00000000
PNP0C14:00 000000bc 00000000
So, it would seem the device is working and sending data to the kernel/drivers, it appears some config is needed to get it properly recognised and an entry in /dev generated.
Really hoping there is an acpi expert around who may be able to help me get the device properly recognised and configures, ideally, as a /dev/input/js*
Cheers.
Last edited by Padfoot (2012-06-07 00:24:31)

There is no need to patch the kernel anymore as current kernels have the acer wmi accelerometer patch merged.
Ensure you have the kernel module acer_wmi loading and then the events should be propogated. acpi_listen should show the events.
Using the code from here: http://www.jezra.net/blog/Python_Joysti … ng_Gobject i have written a little daemon that monitors the accelerometer and automatically rotates the screen based on it's position.
Cheers.
[EDIT] Being a laptop, I am guessing the accelerometer is possibly on the hard drive?? used for shock protection?? So if that is the case, I am not sure you will be able to utilise it in the same way as a tablet's accelerometer. There are articles on the web for setting up hard drive accelerometers in linux. The other consideration you need is that the accelerometer may not be on acpi. It could be on the i2c bus (commonly where sensors such as fan speed, core temps etc are located), in which case you will need the i2c driver to get the accelerometer events recognised in the kernel (ensure i2c kernel modules are loaded). So check exactly how the kernel detects the accelerometer, is it on acpi or the i2c bus?[/EDIT]
Last edited by Padfoot (2013-03-31 08:42:51)

Gap_y setting ignored, conky placed incorrectly

I have a weird problem with my Conky in Openbox. It seems to be drawn in the correct place initially, but then it snaps to the top of the screen, dragging bits of the wallpaper with it. Here is my .conkyrc:
# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans:size=8
xftalpha 0.8
text_buffer_size 2048
# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1
# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes
# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 180 0
# Draw shades?
draw_shades no
# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no
# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0
# border margins
border_inner_margin 5
# border width
border_width 1
# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
own_window_colour white
# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_right
# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 35
gap_y 50
# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes
# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no
# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2
# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 2
# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes
# Add spaces to keep things from moving about? This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer none
TEXT
SYSTEM ${hr 2}
${font OpenLogos:size=16}B${font} Kernel: ${alignr}${kernel}
CPU: ${cpu cpu}% ${alignr}${cpubar 8,60 cpu}
RAM: $memperc% ${alignr}${membar 8,60}
Uptime: ${alignr}${uptime}
HD ${hr 2}
Home:
${fs_free /home}/${fs_size /home} ${alignr}${fs_bar 8,60 /home}
NETWORK ${hr 2}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}
Up: ${upspeed wlan0} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
Down: ${downspeed wlan0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
Upload: ${alignr}${totalup wlan0}
Download: ${alignr}${totaldown wlan0}
Signal: ${wireless_link_qual wlan0}% ${alignr}${wireless_link_bar 8,60 wlan0}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}
Up: ${upspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
Down: ${downspeed eth0} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth0}
Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth0}
IP: ${alignr}${addr eth0}${endif}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth1}
Up: ${upspeed eth1} kb/s ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth1 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
Down: ${downspeed eth1} kb/s ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth1 8,60 789E2D A7CC5C}
Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth1}
Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth1}${endif}${else}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}4${font} Network Unavailable${endif}
UPDATES ${hr 2}
${execpi 1800 python /home/pasha/.scripts/conky-pkg.py}
WEATHER ${hr 2}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}
${voffset -8}${alignr 56}${font ConkyWeather:style=Bold:size=30}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=WF}${font}
${voffset -35}${font Weather:size=25}y${font} ${voffset -15}${font Bitstream Vera Sans:size=16}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=HT}${font}
${voffset 0}${font}Barometer Tendency: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=BD}
${voffset 0}Humidity: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=HM}
${voffset 0}${font}Wind Speed: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --hideunits --datatype=WS} km/h ${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --hideunits --datatype=WD}
${voffset 0}${font}Wind Gusts: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=WG}
${voffset 0}Daylight: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=SR} - ${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=SS}
${font Bitstream Vera Sans:size=10}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=MP}
${voffset -25}${alignr 42}${font MoonPhases:size=18}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=MF}${font}
${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}
${voffset -8}${alignr 56}${font ConkyWeather:style=Bold:size=30}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=WF}${font}
${voffset -35}${font Weather:size=25}y${font} ${voffset -15}${font Bitstream Vera Sans:size=16}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=HT}${font}
${voffset 0}${font}Barometer Tendency: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=BD}
${voffset 0}Humidity: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=HM}
${voffset 0}${font}Wind Speed: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --hideunits --datatype=WS} km/h ${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --hideunits --datatype=WD}
${voffset 0}${font}Wind Gusts: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=WG}
${voffset 0}Daylight: ${alignr}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=SR} - ${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=SS}
${font Bitstream Vera Sans:size=10}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=MP}
${voffset -25}${alignr 42}${font MoonPhases:size=18}${execi 600 conkyForecast --location=NOXX0050 --datatype=MF}${font}
${endif}${else}
${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}4${font} Weather Unavailable
${endif}
And the screenshot is here
Turning off xcompmgr and getting rid of the wallpaper didn't help. The strange thing is that it gets drawn correctly initially (you can see that from the wallpaper weirdness, and also when it's loading it shows a black rectangle where conky would be). The strangest thing is that once in a blue moon it does actually place conky correctly (i.e. if I kill and restart it enough times).
Help appreciated!

jwhendy wrote:
When conky refreshes, I can see the footprint the screen is going to take up before it lays out the text and it's staying at the same size. None of the options above seem to make it increase.
Any suggestions?
maybe try:
max_specials 1024
Could supply a "sample" agenda-export.txt for me to try here?
Just change: names, places etc that are sensitive to protect the guilty so to speak
Last edited by Sector11 (2011-08-12 22:00:01)

Serious trouble to update / upload my iWeb-Site to MobileMe

I have created a website with iWeb 11 and frequently updated this website from several locations while beeing on the road. Now while it became too many photo albums I restructured the site with a "my albums" site which organizes these photo albums. Now I attempted several times to update / upload the site. But first I became an error message that some file in one photo album would be missing. So I deleted that album and recreated it from scratch. Then I got the error message that the mobileme server wouldn't be avialble. And finally I only got the message that the website could't be published.
I start to get upset. What can I do?
Anything that helps is highly appreciated!
Thorge

Roxpat ~ Glad that worked out for you (and thanks for your appreciative words.) I'd heard good things about +Media Temple+ a year ago and had prompt responses to my email enquiries about speeds between their center in California and Spain. (In the end, though, I didn't need their services.)
Roxpat wrote:
I will say that they seem accustomed to users who know what they are doing (that would not be me), and I find it difficult to understand what they are telling me to do.
I agree; this was part of their reply to me:
Well since you are in Spain you would not have the ability to take advantage of our short path bandwidth. Although our servers are all enterprise-grade, our data center is Tier 4 certified, and we use redundant fiber backbones to the Internet, there are many other factors involved that dictate the final speed you experience. Therefore, it is really difficult to say what your transfer speeds will be like with our service. We recommend conducting trace routes and ping tests to s1555.gridserver.com for insight into the network speed and routes between your location and (mt) Media Temple's (gs) Grid-Service.
...Yes, I thought, ...let me get onto those +"trace routes and ping tests"+ right away! (Presumably via +Network Utility+ in the Utilities folder.)

Can dictation be improved?

I have read somewhere that the dictation will adapt to your voice and you can train it. Is there a way to expedite this? For example reading a passage and on the fly correcting the words it interprets from you so that it starts to recognize your speech anomalies?
RG

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