Internet pull?

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by drewsuser, June 15, 2013.

  1. drewsuser

    drewsuser Active Member

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    On the day I installed PA, my internet mbps suddenly dropped from 54mbps :cool: to less than 1mbps. :x Is there any relation between the two? Nothing has worked to raise my internet, so I am considering every option.
  2. lnslunchbox

    lnslunchbox New Member

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    Short answer. No.

    Check with your provider on that one.
  3. antillie

    antillie Member

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    Are you sure you didn't hit some kind of monthly limit? Some ISPs throttle you if you exceed a certain amount of transfer in a single billing cycle.
  4. drewsuser

    drewsuser Active Member

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    Unless ATT has revoked the unlimited data plan I have, I wouldn't see why they would do this.
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    lnslunchbox New Member

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    I am curious on that one though. You say '54'. This is an odd number for a plan. Are you referring to 54 on your wireless connection in your home? 802.11g ?

    Color me slightly confused.
  6. antillie

    antillie Member

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    Good idea. Baby monitors and cordless phones can do all kinds of bad things to wifi connections.
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    lnslunchbox New Member

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    Might be something as easy as a router reset to fix.
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    antillie Member

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    That too.
  9. drewsuser

    drewsuser Active Member

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    54 is usually what my wireless connection is. Nothing changed in my house, I didn't get any new cordless phones, or anything new like that in general.
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  10. lnslunchbox

    lnslunchbox New Member

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    Try a router reset then. See what that does for you.

    I hate wireless. I'd rather run an ugly cable across the floor.
  11. garat

    garat Cat Herder Uber Alumni

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    At it's highest, the most our client can possible eat is 512kBps, or roughly 4 megabits. Mind you, that's at the absolute worst, and I think we already reduced that cap to 256 or possibly even 128, though I'm less certain about the specific number.

    Short answer, coincidence I think. Or gremlins.
  12. drewsuser

    drewsuser Active Member

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    I might be getting someone over to look at my router. I say might, because ATT has the worst customer service -other than the IRS- on the planet.
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    Actually AT&T Uverse routers combine their HDTV decoder and wireless G controller onto a single chip and don't provide it with adequate cooling. The upshot is that when you watch HDTV the chip overheats a bit and your wifi throughput goes to crap.

    Yay for cost saving engineering designs.
  14. lnslunchbox

    lnslunchbox New Member

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    Glad I don't have u-verse then. Then again i'm not much of a TV watcher.

    Did you already try a router reset drewsuser? Power cycle that thing.

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