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I had packet loss on my DOCSIS connection for years, on-and-off. The upstream speed would also regularly drop below a megabit. It became a problem for remote wo
by icedchai 11mo ago
I had packet loss on my DOCSIS connection for years, on-and-off. The upstream speed would also regularly drop below a megabit. It became a problem for remote work.
I complained regularly, and always had "techs" come out. They would usually claim it was my splitter or my modem. I suggested they go outside and test the line from the street. They'd then confirm the loss was present on the line outside, then escalate it to the "outside guys" (plant or whatever.) It would be fixed for a month or two, then come back.
Eventually I was able to get the HOA to allow fiber into the neighborhood. Cable is NOT reliable.
- driverdan 11mo ago> Eventually I was able to get the HOA to allow fiber into the neighborhood. Crazy that you needed someone's permission to get fiber.
- Marsymars 11mo agoIt's fairly involved in an older neighbourhood if the utilities are buried... they installed it in mine a couple years ago, and it involved months of contractors and trucks in the neighbourhood marking utility right-of-ways and hydrovaccing holes in everyone's front yards.
- icedchai 11mo agoYep, it was this exactly. 40+ year old neighborhood with buried electric, gas, water, telco. They had to dig up yards, do horizontal drilling under some roads, etc.
- account42 11mo agoThey just rip up the roads here. And then a couple months later another company does the same for their fiber because we can't have proper shared utilities anymore.