05-26-2012, 01:28 PM
Uncle Shags Wrote:I just got fiber on my road and I've not been super impressed. It's pretty inconsistent. Sometimes it streams 1080 faster than it plays, other times I have to buffer. I got the $69 for 20Mbps plan and on speedtest.net earlier this month it was only coming in at 8Mbps and 15 Mbps. I checked it out just now and it was up to 21.5. Hopefully they've improved it recently (it's a new company).Do the pingtest sometime when you feel like it's slow:
Command prompt
ping -t google.com
Let it run for about an hour. You can do this while using the computer.
Ctrl-C to stop it.
Examine packet loss. You want to see "0%". A few dropped packets is fine but should still average out to 0%. 5%+ packet loss will leave you with a usable connection but you'll be wondering why it's so slow, and games can become unplayable.
Usually when I have any problem with my internet, it's packet loss. If it persists I have to call them to come out and do whatever it is they do to fix it.