Need opinion on Computer problem

Corrosion on telephone line will cause signal degradation.
Bad Punch-downs
improperly connected wall jacks...

I just google- mapped Colorado City... chrissakes man, we have high schools bigger than that town![LOL]

Quite likely it is a damaged/corroded/just plain bad fiber. Even the slightest damage can have harsh effects on reliability due to the nature of the system.

Yeah it is a small town, but it is really nice. No tourist mostly retired seasonal folks live up here.
So not to many neighbors around. Got a few deer, some antelope and an ocasional bear that come thru.
I guess slow internet is a small price to pay for peace and quiet

Fiber just installed today. In fact everything installed brand new within last 3 days.

Then it could be a bad connection. I'd ask them to come back out and verify the signal integrity.

OK... so you have "Fiber optics" internet.

not entirely.


from the trunk to the switching station, yes.
from the station to your local "neighborhood" switch... most likely.
from that switch to your house, not likely. Probably twisted Pairs, Depending on the age of your home, probably not so good twisted pairs.

seriously, call your provider, get a line test.
Once it fails get a tech out to fix it.

If you have a huge problem with them, Threaten to get Satellite Internet!

Not so good for real time applications, great for general cache-tolerant usage.

Will call them tomorrow
Thanks guys for your help

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Originally Posted by Byte Stryke

rarely will you have fiber all the way up to your computer...
not unless you have way more money than sense.

without going "Full Geek" into the OSI model... things that affect your internet speed:

Your Browser.. when was the last time you cleaned your OS
What OS are you using?
Virus Anyone?
System speed
Network Interface card speed
Router/Switch speed
Localized Interference (Running a network cable too close to a large power source/draw)
how many neighbors are also on the same service sharing your "Fiber"
where is the server you are connecting to?
How many people are also using the same server?

I would recommend what Bowtie said.
http://www.speedtest.net

Keep in mind I live in an apartment complex so I have the overburdened switch syndrome.
http://speedtest.net/result/1343429255.png

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How long has it been since you've seen ANY media produce a 1 mbps download rate? With most peoples internet, we could be running token ring and still be creating bottlenecks at our ISP's modem.

Time for the e-peen contest...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1343459944.png

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1343467194.png


My e-boner is less than I pay for... even at this time of night lol.


Also, I find it a little hard to believe that 1 millisecond of latency between our two scores produces that much of a difference. Must be a single ICMP request or something that gives you latency and the test is actual routing metrics in play from point a to b to a several times then averaged.