Creepy Crawly Internet

[RalphVa]

How many are experiencing creepy crawly internet after about 8 am and until about 8 pm?

I'm on DSL with CenturyLink. Think there was a news segment on it on CBS this morning. Will catch the rerun on Fox at 7. Think it was 6:05; so will be 7:05.

Just happened since Sunday.

Wife is resistant to change. I've changed my email access on everything to gmail. Been trying to get her to do this so that the email change would not be needed if we switched to Comcast. You cannot deal with Comcast though. Fixed prices.

Ralph

 

[Peter 315]

I have Comcast for cable tv and internet it's always slow, My phone is through a different provider.....

 

[CADplans]

How many are experiencing creepy crawly internet after about 8 am and until about 8 pm?

I'm on DSL with CenturyLink.

Ralph

Your local DSL system is probably carrying 10X (or 500X) or more data during those hours as compared to a month ago,,
due to people working at home,,

My daughter lives 1/4 mile from me, and is using my garage located office as her location for "work at home"

We completely NEVER look at a video or anything else data intensive while she is working, as this would kick her off the DSL connection.
We do not even take a phone pic, unless the phone is in airplane mode, so that the data will not transfer.

How many kids in your neighborhood are watching YouTube videos between 8 and 8?

 

[randy41]

I have CenturyLink as well and it’s been fine.

 

[RalphVa]

Caught the CBS news segment. It was about CenturyLink. Guess even Comcast is a problem in NH. CL is installing more cabling. Guess it will improve after this stay at home thing. Just have to do most of my work before 8am or after 8pm. Can actually get movies on Tubi on Roku after 7 or 8 pm.

Ralph

 

[kf4uda]

With all of the kids and a lot of the parents at home streaming movies, playing online games all day and working from home, I don't see how any ISP is holding up well. Maybe after this pandemic has passed we will all have super internet (or at least some better)

 

[Ford850]

The internet network is being stressed just like the toilet paper network is. Both have traditionally supported a balance of small consumer packaging and large bulk direct to business pipelines. Now 95%+ is being forced through the consumer networks leaving the large pipelines (bandwidths and bulk packaging) dormant.

 

[TractorGuy]

I had CenturyLink DSL for years. So glad to be shed of them. I was at the end of the line and barely got 1.5 Mbps down. They were never going to upgrade or expand the system.

I almost procrastinated and missed the boat on the connected car deal. It's had some ups and downs that I finally figured was tower issues but has been pretty steady during this time of crisis. Could be because most folks are using cable and phone lines for internet.

 

[kcflhrc]

Don't blame the providers for where you live. And comparing CenturyLink services in different market area's is like comparing a box of chocolates.

 

[RalphVa]

Things seem back to normal today after that CBS news segment. Gave CL a kick in the rear.

A computer guy I used said they have 10 MB/s CL DSL at their office. I may have to press for this. They're not pushing it because they're spending a lot of effort just to get the conventional 1.7 MB/s service to remote areas. Our computers and Roku do fine as long as we can get 1.2-1.3 MB/s. That's where it had been until after Sunday.

Ralph