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GakFace · 10-06-2003, 04:37 PM

Alright, first off its DSL by verizon {{insert groans here}}
(Note, when I say 'we' I imply My Father and I.)

Now then, We were struck by lightning a few weeks back and it wasn't to nice to some of the routers in the house. Now the Network cards seem perfectly fine, as do the computers. But the DSL speed just sucks! When I go to http://www.ba-hss.com/ and run a test, I get varied results. About an hour ago it was 244 KBits/Sec, now it is 316.1 KBits/Sec. First off, DSL isn't supposed to even vary THAT much, beyond that I'm supposed to get like 640 Down and 120 Up. My Computer, mY mother's computer and my fathers computer all get about ~300 down, while my sister's computer is getting about ~500 down(still not quite par, but a lot faster!). We've changed network cards, we've connected directly up to the DSL Modem, Hell we even got a new DSL Modem and put that in... still the same shitty rate. My tather has called up Verizon and spoke with them about it. They don't seem to have any clue about anything. (I hear you saying "go figure"

) They point out that we have things like file sharing on... even tho we disconnected the network and turned off computer, so that it no way it could be a problem. Just one computer and a fresh reboot. Apparently they came to our house to check something, no one was home to talk to them about it, but they checked something outside and said everything was reading normally. I am out of ideas. I don't know what else to fix. I'd almost wonder if the lightning could have screwed up some of the CoAx Cables, but it can't be. For as I said my father tried it on his computer, then switched it out with my sister's who got 500 something.

Is this Internal? How do I fix it? or is this External? How do I get Verizon to get on it?

Hopefully you guys know whats going on.

Thanks for any help you can give.
--GakFace

10-06-2003, 04:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
GakFace Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go!! Location: IN, USA	My DSL is... Screwy Alright, first off its DSL by verizon {{insert groans here}} (Note, when I say 'we' I imply My Father and I.) Now then, We were struck by lightning a few weeks back and it wasn't to nice to some of the routers in the house. Now the Network cards seem perfectly fine, as do the computers. But the DSL speed just sucks! When I go to http://www.ba-hss.com/ and run a test, I get varied results. About an hour ago it was 244 KBits/Sec, now it is 316.1 KBits/Sec. First off, DSL isn't supposed to even vary THAT much, beyond that I'm supposed to get like 640 Down and 120 Up. My Computer, mY mother's computer and my fathers computer all get about ~300 down, while my sister's computer is getting about ~500 down(still not quite par, but a lot faster!). We've changed network cards, we've connected directly up to the DSL Modem, Hell we even got a new DSL Modem and put that in... still the same shitty rate. My tather has called up Verizon and spoke with them about it. They don't seem to have any clue about anything. (I hear you saying "go figure") They point out that we have things like file sharing on... even tho we disconnected the network and turned off computer, so that it no way it could be a problem. Just one computer and a fresh reboot. Apparently they came to our house to check something, no one was home to talk to them about it, but they checked something outside and said everything was reading normally. I am out of ideas. I don't know what else to fix. I'd almost wonder if the lightning could have screwed up some of the CoAx Cables, but it can't be. For as I said my father tried it on his computer, then switched it out with my sister's who got 500 something. Is this Internal? How do I fix it? or is this External? How do I get Verizon to get on it? Hopefully you guys know whats going on. Thanks for any help you can give. --GakFace __________________ RoboBlaster: Welcome to the club! Not that I'm in the club. And there really isn'a a club in the first place. But if there was a club and if I was in it, I would definitely welcome you to it. Last edited by GakFace; 10-06-2003 at 04:40 PM..