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Posted by Ron Hunter on July 22, 2005, 7:38 pm
JC wrote:
> I subscribe to the 3 mbps cable internet service through Charter
> Communications, and for the last two weeks or so, I've been noticing that
> everyday at approx. 4:00 PM, my internet connection slows to a crawl. I
> mean a dramatic decrease in speed that could be compared to 14.4K. This
> speed decrease remains well into the wee morning hours of 2:00 AM. During
> the late morning and early afternoon, however, the speed is fast as it
> should be. I spoke to Charter Communications about this problem, but they
> cannot seem to locate any problems on my end or their's. What could
> possibly be causing this dramatic decrease in speed each day?
>
> I should also mention that I am using all of my own equipment. My cable
> modem is a Toshiba PCX-2600. I also know it's not related to any
> background processes, because I keep my PC clean of things like spyware,
> and I only have the minimum background processes running.
>
> Thanks
One possibility is oversold capacity. If too many users are trying to
use the bandwidth, all will slow down. Try requesting they move you to
a different node. You may have a bandwidth hog that gets home at 4PM.
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Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net
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