netflix, the network destoryer

[mattch]

Re: netflix, the network destoryer

Or you know... you could just block the netflix domain since you own the router... or throttle it down to unwatchable.

then i hear "well it works at my friends house or when i take it to work"

it was throttled so it took almost 5 minutes to load the main page. no video was going to play over that.

I tried making it fair for everyone, but some people just dont like cooperating and contributing equally so i had to take a passive aggressive appraoch

In the past i have been accused of "manipulating the internet for no good reason, blocking a few domains would raise the flag so i found a way that makes me look innocent

[NxB]

Re: netflix, the network destoryer

After throttling the connection stupid sister in law got the drift and my connection speed was resolved

Or you know... you could just block the netflix domain since you own the router... or throttle it down to unwatchable.

[BigTroll]

Re: netflix, the network destoryer

matt i love the idea if i could get away with using that on the customers at work i would.

[mattch]

Re: netflix, the network destoryer

Netflix pisses me off too, great for home but still if you dont have a good connection you and everyone suffers.

Here was my solution: RedBox

Wait for a computer to get a virus (or proactively let a virus on there) then tell them it came from netflix website. Do your computer voodoo and the virus is gone

Of course they will go back, so wait a a few days and find out whos still using it. Throttle thier connection to 56k.... then you get a call and tell them of you must have the netflix virus again. Fix that and warn them again and offer an alternative solution, redbox, of course they will go back to the site. Here you have several choices, fuck with them some more. Redirect the site to something morally disturbing to them (who doesnt run thier own dns servers?) or throttle the connection to those sites.

After throttling the connection stupid sister in law got the drift and my connection speed was resolved (and my router finally had a break). Did i feel bad? Hell no, she didnt pay a dime for ANYTHING. mooch.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: netflix, the network destoryer

I guess its outside of my control.
It sucks having nice computers but stuff is still slow because of the internet
Or maybe I'm just having doubts on my new gfx car I bought LOL!

The modem still could be bad.

[shovenose]

Re: netflix, the network destoryer

I guess its outside of my control.
It sucks having nice computers but stuff is still slow because of the internet
Or maybe I'm just having doubts on my new gfx car I bought LOL!

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: netflix, the network destoryer

Do you think my modem is at fault? I do not think so as it's the latest model.

It could be outside, possibly before the box.

[shovenose]

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The amount of errors reported is sickening! It might as well have GSCs!

Do you think my modem is at fault? I do not think so as it's the latest model.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: netflix, the network destoryer

The amount of errors reported is sickening! It might as well have GSCs!

[shovenose]

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Um... I don't think I can rewire my apartment building? LOL!

Is this info useful?
DSL Line (Wire Pair): Line 1 (inner pair)
Downstream Rate Cap: 6016 kbps
Downstream Atten. at 300kHz: 34.5 dB
Uncancelled Echo: -15.7 dB Ok
VCXO Frequency Offset: -39.5 ppm Ok
Final Rx Gain: 29.9 dB Ok
Impulse Noise Comp. Tones: 0 Ok
Excessive Impulse Noise: 0 Ok
Impulse noise protection: 2.21
Delay of latency path: 16.00 ms
Collected for 3 days 23:55:44
ATM Since Reset Current 24-Hour Interval Current 15-Minute Interval Time Since
Last Event
Cell Header Errors: 33195 11003 0 1:40:46
Loss of Cell Delineation: 30155 9306 0 1:40:46
DSL
Link Retrains: 35 12 0 1:40:45
DSL Training Errors: 2 0 0 2 days 7:22:55
Training Timeouts: 0 0 0 0:00:00
Loss of Framing Failures: 52 18 0 1:40:46
Loss of Signal Failures: 53 18 0 1:40:46
Loss of Power Failures: 0 0 0 0:00:00
Loss of Margin Failures: 70 22 0 1:40:46
Cumulative Seconds w/Errors: 770 253 0 1:40:46
Cumulative Sec. w/Severe Errors: 589 204 0 1:40:46
Corrected Blocks: 349689 36166 0 0:30:40
Uncorrectable Blocks: 33451 11345 0 1:40:46
DSL Unavailable Seconds: 1394 417 0 1:40:23

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: netflix, the network destoryer

Don't get me started on my internet connection...
In the evenings when people are watching Netlifx (including me sometimes) the "6Mbps" DSL is more like 0Mbps DSL. Why? Because the AT&T lines and nodes out here suck, (even more than they do anywhere else), and it kicks my modem off the network when it's overloaded. I restart my modem, and it works again for a while, then it kicks me off... sort of an endless cycle.

Seriously, you need to rewire the inside and use shorter telephone wiring and get a real short cord to connect from the jack to the router.
(You can get those short cords from RadioShack)

Then go into the router config pages and see what the reported signal rates are. More important in your context, is the SNR margin.

[brethin]

Re: netflix, the network destoryer

You get what you pay for. Like I said before just because they sell you 100Mbs down 20Mbs up DSL/Cable/Fiber thats not a Guarnanteed Speed (learn to read and read your contract)! Unless you buy / pay for a Guarnateed Speed "ISDN / Partial T1 / T1 / T3 / Etc don't complain about slow your internet is just because you are too lazy to read what they are really saying they will provide you.

[shovenose]

Re: netflix, the network destoryer

Don't get me started on my internet connection...
In the evenings when people are watching Netlifx (including me sometimes) the "6Mbps" DSL is more like 0Mbps DSL. Why? Because the AT&T lines and nodes out here suck, (even more than they do anywhere else), and it kicks my modem off the network when it's overloaded. I restart my modem, and it works again for a while, then it kicks me off... sort of an endless cycle.

I called them and they sent out a tech who futzed with the wiring outside of the apartment building... and guess what? It got worse! Yes, I'm not kidding, the connection was even less reliable.
So they send another tech. He said the other guy did something wrong. This guy
"fixed" it. Oh well, I still get pings from 60 (good moment) to 200ms (bad moment), and speeds from 5.1Mbps (good) to 0.2 (bad)...

I hate AT&T. I wish Comcast were cheaper. My friend has their service and he gets ~40Mbps with 20ms ping

Oh and talking about AT&T my AT&T cell phone doesn't work out here. Neither does Verizon. Guess what works? SPRINT! Yes, that crappy carrier that nobody uses, gets 3 bars IN MY APARTMENT...
Grr...

LOL!

[RJARRRPCGP]

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I don't think that a connection speed over 1.5Mbps is going to have much of a speed improvement unless you download multiple files at the same time.

I notice easily! Even 10 Mbps is slow to me!

In the late 2000s, anything lower than 11 Mbps is bullshit!

Unlike 2004 and 2005, it gets bogged down with less than 10 Mbps!

[lti]

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Explains the $70 /mo for 5 Mbps DSL. Damn monopolies.

I don't think it is actually a monopoly. Comcast is available in this area (which I forgot about earlier) and there are probably some other DSL providers, but I am sticking with the DSL service provided by the phone company. I don't think that a connection speed over 1.5Mbps is going to have much of a speed improvement unless you download multiple files at the same time.

[RJARRRPCGP]

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I have ATT dsl at home a 3.0 plan that gets 2.5 at best, now at night iam speed testing to various servers and get 1.05mbps which is total bullshit, i never used to have these speed problems a few months ago

Don't blame NetFlix lol. More likely, it's a DSLAM problem, if not at the house end!

I would just change the house telephone wiring and reboot the router.

[momaka]

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I don't know of any ISPs other than Qwest where I live.

Explains the $70 /mo for 5 Mbps DSL. Damn monopolies.

[lti]

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I can't convince them to get rid of DirecTV or at least cancel the premium channels that nobody watches. They are paying for the full package and all of the premium channels and refuse to get rid of them.

I don't know of any ISPs other than Qwest where I live.

[momaka]

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My parents pay $70 a month for 5Mbps DSL and $150 a month for DirecTV.

Whaat! That's $220 /month! That should be considered as rape.
...
And I thought the cable companies around here were bad.

[lti]

Re: netflix, the network destoryer

This forum doesn't have 666 posts anymore.

It seems like Internet and TV services are very expensive. My parents pay $70 a month for 5Mbps DSL and $150 a month for DirecTV. Netflix is also too expensive for the amount of use it would get. I haven't seen a movie I liked in years.

That DSL connection isn't as slow as it sounds. The fastest download speed I have ever seen was only 500KB/s. I had to start a second download at the same time to use up the full bandwidth. The combined transfer rate at this time was about 800KB/s.