Originally Posted by
KRSW
My money's on it being an overloaded neighborhood node.
The backbone of the internet usually lives at datacenters with redundant power/generators/etc. Even the little ISP that services my office has ~24-48 hours' worth of backup battery power on-site and generators.
Now, what DOES affect my network speeds is rain fade due to the microwave (and higher) links used by my ISP. At one of our remote locations you can see the signal strength actually vary with the tide.
They should be engineering the wireless links to account for rain fade. Do you experience a drop in service as well?
Originally Posted by
murtaza12
Do ISPs in the US usually offer such low upload speeds?
I mean, 6 up and 120 down seems a bit...well, unfair.
Here in Pakistan, I recently got FTTH in my area, and this what I usually get:
Usually, yes, but it really depends on the provider. Charter/Spectrum is notorious for very low upload speeds, but I don't really have much of a choice here.
Only 26 Mbps with FTTH?