RE: [Nolug] Cox 2nd level technician says...

Well, if you want to have fun …

Packet loss of 5% or so won’t stop most things you use the Internet for. But it does show up quickly for UDP sessions – things like VoIP (from Vonage, for example) and streaming video. J

John

    John Souvestre - New Orleans LA

From: owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org [mailto:owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org] On Behalf Of Devin Villegas
Sent: Mon, May 19, 2014 1:51 pm
To: nolug@nolug.org
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Cox 2nd level technician says...

I'm entertained by this. So maybe?

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Jerry Wilborn <jerrywilborn@gmail.com> wrote:

Last question. Do you think maybe this is part of a 'Truman Show' type plot whereby Cox is part of a vast conspiracy where show producers are trying to drive you crazy for the entertainment of others?

Jerry Wilborn
jerrywilborn@gmail.com

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 1:34 PM, John Souvestre <johns@sstar.com> wrote:

About 10 feet. The splitter was changed twice. The 10 foot cable was changed once. Both Cox and I have looked at the signal levels in the modem and they have * never * been bad. Cox has also but their Barney Box (JDSU tester) at the modem end of the cable and checked levels a few times.

Also, we tried moving the modem physically and using a 1 foot cable to the splitter. No help.

The TV has no problem while the packet loss is taking place, by the way.

John

    John Souvestre - New Orleans LA

From: owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org [mailto:owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Wilborn
Sent: Mon, May 19, 2014 1:30 pm

To: nolug@nolug.org
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Cox 2nd level technician says...

How long is the run from the tap to your cable modem? I think the normal coax loss is 1 dB per 10 ft.

Jerry Wilborn
jerrywilborn@gmail.com

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:

How do you track this? Manually, or with some program that reports ping attempts?

On 05/19/2014 01:15 PM, John Souvestre wrote:

Hello Jerry.

I have a Cisco DPC3010, straight from Cox (twice). It allows access to the status page (192.168.100.1) which includes the signal level info. My signals are always good, even when the packet loss is taking place. Others in my area have the problem also. So it’s not a problem on just my feed.

Sometimes problem seems to correlate with high-usage times (late afternoon, evening), but not well enough to say there is a casual link. For example, I saw loss of over 1% yesterday during these periods:

    00:50 to 01:00

    03:00 to 05:00 (up to 10%)

    15:40 to 17:00 (up to 12%)

    19:52 to 19:59 (up to 25%)

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