and then....?

Update. An IT tech came out. Problem was a DOS attack.

"It's all you can eat, but not fo-evah!!"

Let's say it's racist. So what?

But it's not.

I once was at a coffee shop where the Chinese owner asked me if I could fix her TV. Some idiot had come in there with a small URC remote, or something, and had screwed up the settings. I asked her where she bought the TV and she said "Sucka Shitty."

Now, is that racist? That's what she actually said.

Racism is believing that people have particular traits or behave in particular ways only because of their race. A person's accent is not an issue of race. (Maybe you could say that joke was linguist!)

An accent goes with the race, many times. How would you have reacted if the Chinese woman had replied with Yiddish?

In general I would agree with you but in this case the router model seems more or less trivial. Unless the router is defective (and that can easily be the case) it should not make a difference. And since the OP said he "Tried 2 other routers with same issue" it does not rule out a defective router but the model number most likely would not tell us anything at all. That is also why all the questions dealt with the other variables.


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to the OP a wireless router connects many things together. So first and foremost there can be a defective (or not) device that is spamming (or using) the bandwidth (BW) and that reduces the available bitrate (BR) for other devices. So for example if we have device A, B and C that are wireless and device D that is wired and there is a massive transfer from A to B happening , that would affect C that is connecting to the internet (speed test) but might not affect (as much) D

second, like others posted, sometimes a device itself can be an issue, now trying several routers would most likely mean it is not a router issue, but the device you are testing with might be, have you tried the test with different wireless devices as well?

thirdly what wireless is being used can affect things. For example 802.11b has a max of 11Mbps so you would never be able to have a device that is using it hitting 75 Mbps on a speed test

fourthly wireless uses RF and so the BR available will depend on many factors which is why we always talk of maximum BR (best conditions), anything that degrades the signal (such as distance, electromagnetic interference, blockage...) will also degrade the BR a device can receive at a given location

and lastly (for completeness- though I doubt it is your issue since they are off by default) some routers (and here a model might be a bit interesting) offer QoS (quality of service) options that can be set-up. What that means is that it will prioritize traffic depending on the rules you give it (think of it a bit like a bus lane, carpool lane, fast lane... on a highway where those vehicles can go faster on those lanes than the rest), some of the more professional devices under QoS could also have a max BR setting that can be activated (i.e. in a restaurant you might not want Bob to hog all the BW and so screw Joe that wants to check his e-mail)

that does not make much sense, a DOS should not affect if something is wired or wireless. The only way that could be the case is if one of the parties (the testing site or your location) was being hit by DOS exactly when it was wireless but not when it was wired (i.e. an extreme coincidence timing wise) Or that one of your other wireless devices was a Zombie used in a DOS (and then you should take it off and clean it)

agree, people are too PC and can't take a joke any more. It is one thing to joke about something and an other to believe it and let it affect your life


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You are missing the obvious, an accent is a trait so it follows your rule. And by definition the trait has to be different then the race itself or else it is not racism but a fact (i.e. blacks have "darker" skin than whites is not racism but a fact since the darker and lighter skin tones is one of the traits that differentiates those races)


no because you are ascribing it to a real person and not a race. I have an Asian friend that is a bad driver (though he does not have that bad accent where city sounds like shitty). If I say my friend is a bad driver, is that racist? no. If I say Asians are bad drivers would you say that is a racist comment? I think from the part I quoted earlier you would agree that it is. If the reason for the ascribed trait is based on something (somewhat) true or not does not matter, it is if it is applied globally to everyone in the race when there might be at least one exception to it.

I tested two Comcast sites yesterday. Both had the new Arris 6121 modems installed. They replaced the Comcast gateways.
The highest speed right from the modem wired to my laptop was 8.85Mbs down connected to a comcast server in Denver. Most was between 4 and 5Mbs.
The customers are paying for services not delivered. Almost a tenth less than what was paid for.
Not sure what is going on, but I am sending out a email newsletter to my customers asking them to do a speed check.