[117976] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Does Internet Speed Vary by Season?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Black)
Wed Oct 7 16:14:37 2009
From: "Matthew Black" <black@csulb.edu>
To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@creative.net.au>,Bryan Campbell <bbc@misn.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:13:58 -0700
In-Reply-To: <20091007151244.GA23874@skywalker.creative.net.au>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org, Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
Reply-To: Matthew Black <black@csulb.edu>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 23:12:44 +0800
Adrian Chadd <adrian@creative.net.au> wrote:
> Please don't forget moisture content. DSL speeds may drop during
> wet winters because cable pits fill with water. :)
>
> Those with real statistics, please stand up. I know ISPs who run
> large DSL infrastructures have these stats. I've even seen them
> at conferences. :)
>
>
> Adrian
Me! During the rainy season of recent past years, the cable vault in front
of my home would flood, thereby degrading or completely hosing DSL service.
Haven't had heavy rains for a couple years so no trouble.
I had to replace my DSL modem about 6 months ago because the previous
Westell Wirespeed modem had died very slowly. My speed went from 1.5M to
less than 200k and was flaky. The new modem gives me a clean 3M/768k
connection. Not bad for DSL ($35/month). But that wasn't weather related.
Verizon.
matthew black
california state university, long beach
