speed drop when its raining

jthm5611

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speed drop when its raining

« on: February 27, 2006, 08:58:55 PM »

lately its been raining in my area and i have Comcast cable high speed and ive noticed that when it rains the connection is crap i wonder if theirs anything they can do about it

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 209 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)
Download Speed is:: 26 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (main)
Test Time:: Mon Feb 27 2006 19:58:09 GMT-0800
Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB download in 39.38 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 4.37 % of your hosts average (Comcast.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-A6UPNOTDV


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trogers

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Re: speed drop when its raining

« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2006, 09:22:45 PM »

Could the cause be...

http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=125


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Re: speed drop when its raining

« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2006, 07:41:29 AM »

i would have Comcast come and look at ur line. i would say that there is a break somewere and every time it rains, the water is touching the split cable line causing probelms for you. i would just give them a call.


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Re: speed drop when its raining

« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2006, 08:09:13 AM »

Quote from: dlewis23 on February 28, 2006, 07:41:29 AM

I agree. ^^


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::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 15290 Kbps about 15.3 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1866 kB/s
Bottom Line:: 273X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.55 sec