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ping, packet loss, and jitter.

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i did a test today.



this makes me very unhappy. i was thinking that maybe its just docis 2.0 getting outdated or something so i asked my dad if he had any other motorola modems that were docis 3. he said no. but a few days later, he brough home the SB5100 to replace the 5101.

it did help for a while. at least all the lights stay on. but now im getting allot of rubber banding in games like bf3, counter strike source, half life death match, the specialists, and so on.

is there a break in the line? maybe something gone bad at the headend near me? is it an overloaded node?

whats going on?
 
i did a test today.



this makes me very unhappy. i was thinking that maybe its just docis 2.0 getting outdated or something so i asked my dad if he had any other motorola modems that were docis 3. he said no. but a few days later, he brough home the SB5100 to replace the 5101.

it did help for a while. at least all the lights stay on. but now im getting allot of rubber banding in games like bf3, counter strike source, half life death match, the specialists, and so on.

is there a break in the line? maybe something gone bad at the headend near me? is it an overloaded node?

whats going on?

Have you contacted your ISP?

Also I see you are testing on a server that is aprox. 450 Miles away. Is there not a closer server to test from? For example:
 
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I assume you have already done basic testing? Plug your modem in as close to the POP as possible, plug your system directly into the modem, repeat the test. Then try the same thing again with another system if you can. If you get the same result, it should rule out everything, except the modem, on your side.
 
I assume you have already done basic testing? Plug your modem in as close to the POP as possible, plug your system directly into the modem, repeat the test. Then try the same thing again with another system if you can. If you get the same result, it should rule out everything, except the modem, on your side.

i already replaced the modem a few times. did you read the link above?

from what i understand, century link uses mostly their phone lines followed by outdated equipment instead of antennas and better equipment.
 
Link does not mention replacing modems?

Also, your original post mentions docsis modems and lists Mediacom Cable as the ISP? Have you changed to DSL too?
 
Link does not mention replacing modems?

Also, your original post mentions docsis modems and lists Mediacom Cable as the ISP? Have you changed to DSL too?

mediacom is the only ISP i got. i would try dsl, but thats century link.

and your right, link does not mention replacing modems. i forgot to mention that i had modems replaced about 5 times.
 
Have you contacted your ISP?

Also I see you are testing on a server that is aprox. 450 Miles away. Is there not a closer server to test from? For example:

Closer server may make the numbers look better, but shouldn't be a huge difference. These are my results to the same server the OP used, and I'm on the opposite coast.

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even with that, kind of connection i would sometimes get here, i still get lag. i remember how i direct connected to the modem (using a long ethernet cable) and tried playing my games like that when it didnt work.

its century link that making mediacom look bad here basically. so i dont think there is a solution to this other than hope that if there are enough customers complaining to mediacom about it they should do something about it too.

i made this the day before i literally figured everything out. i had no idea what was going until that day when i was at the mall talking to some of the mobile people like verizon, sprint, tmobile, and so on.

so again, its not my modem, its not my lines, and its not my computers (i used multiple computers), its the fact that the fiber that century link sold to mediacom is terribad and makes the internet hard to game on.

from what my friend (who works for cox) told me, century link doesnt even use antennas, they use phone lines and some old equipment that isnt even working right to which they dont even care to maintain. i remember when the internet here went out not only in my house, but the whole town of rio rico and nogales for 8-10 hours (cant fully remember). this was because some rat was chewing on the fiber lines back up in (i think) tucson and he was at it for TWO WEEKS. WHAT. i dont know how that was missed but thats just wrong. or something. i dont know, this whole thing tires me.

i may as well find another ISP so i can game at a decent ping without so much jitter.
 
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