Extremely bad packet loss and service outages
For the last two weeks, Cox has constantly been going out in my area in the evenings and remaining out for a few hours. For the record, my Zip code is 23702 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Tonight it was so...
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My bad....you did type a "B" and not a "b."
So you were getting 166 Mbps all along...even with the recent problem?
The only thing I can surmise is the antiquated NIU, horrible wiring and the unnecessary splitters were weakening your signal.
Yeah it typically fluctuated between 140Mbps and 170Mbps, usually staying between 150 and 160Mbps. So far everything the tech did seems to have helped immensely but going to be running WinMTR for most of the evening to make sure nothing crops up while I'm busy elsewhere.
Test the fun way with apps and videos because these were your original symptoms.
I've been doing this as well and thus far I haven't noticed any issues, but while I'm away from the PC I can leave WinMTR running and when I come back later I'll be able to see if anything cropped up while I was gone.
Sounds good. You could also monitor your modem logs for Uncorrectables. I'm sure widermouthopen will be following up in the AM.
