Dani-Mani
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Post by Dani-Mani on Mar 22, 2020 18:30:45 GMT
Ours, while fast as usual, is becoming increasingly unreliable. I don’t think it can handle the insanely increased load. Also having problems with Verizon mobile LTE. Not complaining but curious. My friends are having similar issues.
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Post by katlady on Mar 22, 2020 18:38:18 GMT
Everything seems to be good here so far, (both cable and phone), knock on wood.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Mar 22, 2020 18:39:56 GMT
Not that great. Apple just told me my screen time was up 27%. No shit Sherlock.
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Post by busy on Mar 22, 2020 18:40:22 GMT
I’m not having any issues with mobile. At home, though. Ugh. We have Xfinity gig speed and it’s generally been very good. But with the influx of WFH people in my neighborhood (I always work from home), it’s been slower. Acceptable but not great. I’m getting a lot of unstable connection warnings on Zoom (kudos to them for handling all the new traffic seamlessly). It’s definitely a widespread thing - my company is mostly remote and almost everyone is experiencing similar things.
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Post by tommygirl on Mar 22, 2020 18:44:00 GMT
I have always worked from home and I am not seeing any drastic change in internet speed.
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Post by cmpeter on Mar 22, 2020 18:45:47 GMT
I’ve also always worked from home. I had one day last week where it was glitchy, but for the most part it’s been BAU.
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julie5
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Post by julie5 on Mar 22, 2020 18:50:43 GMT
That’s one positive for us-ours sucks all the time. We’re rural. So it’s not affecting us any more than usual. Going to California was such a shock. Everyplace has internet. Every store and restaraunt. 100% opposite of here. The internet I pay for doesn’t even work.
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Post by busy on Mar 22, 2020 18:56:52 GMT
That’s one positive for us-ours sucks all the time. We’re rural. So it’s not affecting us any more than usual. Going to California was such a shock. Everyplace has internet. Every store and restaraunt. 100% opposite of here. The internet I pay for doesn’t even work. Ha, you obviously weren’t on the NorCal coast. I went through serious withdrawals on our coastal road trip lol |
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garcia5050
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Post by garcia5050 on Mar 22, 2020 19:06:12 GMT
It’s definitely slower than usual. It’s gotten progressively slower each week for the past 3 weeks.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2020 19:26:01 GMT
Fine for the most part. Two boys gaming and me streaming or working hasn't affected it yet. I think Comcast lifted the cap for a while though.
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Post by roberta on Mar 22, 2020 19:30:50 GMT
Slow!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Mar 22, 2020 19:32:46 GMT
Seems okay so far.
I'll keep an eye on it now though.
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Post by christine58 on Mar 22, 2020 19:36:37 GMT
Seems ok...no issues. We have Frontier for internet...not many choices in western NY
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peabay
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Post by peabay on Mar 22, 2020 19:39:10 GMT
So far, so good. And we're in one of the "lockdown" states so eeeeeveryone's at home.
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Post by hop2 on Mar 22, 2020 19:40:12 GMT
Surprisingly, better than usual.
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Post by padresfan619 on Mar 22, 2020 19:41:47 GMT
Our provider upped the speeds in our neighborhood to compensate for the extra traffic from everyone being at home. I am having issues in a group text I have where one person out of 6 has an Android, we aren’t getting all of her messages.
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kate
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Post by kate on Mar 22, 2020 19:46:59 GMT
I’m getting a lot of unstable connection warnings on Zoom (kudos to them for handling all the new traffic seamlessly). This! |
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Post by yivit on Mar 22, 2020 20:12:28 GMT
Mine is fine so far (on fiber with att uverse and internet). In fact, I got an email from them Friday saying they were bumping me up an internet tier at no cost (so from 100 to 300).
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ModChick
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Post by ModChick on Mar 22, 2020 22:13:11 GMT
Today is the first day it’s been slow and having issues loading pages here.
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Post by huskermom98 on Mar 22, 2020 22:32:55 GMT
It's been ok. If 3 of us are using it there can sometimes be issues, but if 4 of us use it it's worse. DH has issues trying to do anything on his work laptop while at home, so he's still going into the office. It's going to be interesting if he has to stay home at any point, especially since our youngest is starting online learning this week. At least DH gets up early so he can probably put in half a day before the rest of us get up!
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Mar 22, 2020 23:25:40 GMT
So far so good here. We have the fastest AT&T fiber internet package with unlimited usage. DH has been working at home this week and I haven't noticed any issues yet. Really glad we got the unlimited package 3 years ago and locked in that lower rate!
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Post by redshoes on Mar 22, 2020 23:58:02 GMT
So far so good here. We have the fastest AT&T fiber internet package with unlimited usage. DH has been working at home this week and I haven't noticed any issues yet. Really glad we got the unlimited package 3 years ago and locked in that lower rate! I ordered our upgrade and they are suppose to come Friday to install Fiber...I really hope it doesn’t get delayed! |
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Mar 23, 2020 1:01:21 GMT
I ordered our upgrade and they are suppose to come Friday to install Fiber...I really hope it doesn’t get delayed! You'll love it! It makes the world of difference. The one thing we had to add when I moved my computer to the back corner of the house was a booster system (due to the layout of our house. DH bought the Eero System and not a dropped connection since then. |
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Mar 23, 2020 1:09:29 GMT
Yes, I am sitting right next to my Gateway, yet I don't have wireless on my phone and our TV (UVerse) keeps going out. And my neighbors are also complaining, some have Uverse, some Spectrum, some Verizon.
My hubby thinks we might lose internet!
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sassyangel
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Post by sassyangel on Mar 23, 2020 1:17:17 GMT
We upgraded home internet to gigabit internet in January, and it’s coping nicely, so far.
I have two internet lines, one home one business. Cause of HIPAA we have to keep both entirely separate. My work one has been slow, but it’s a much slower speed than my home one is.
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Post by chaosisapony on Mar 23, 2020 1:38:58 GMT
I live a rural area so my only internet option is a wifi hotspot from Verizon. It's slow at the best of the times but since the stay at home order it's been way worse. Verizon is also not removing any data caps like some other companies which is infuriating.
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Post by yivit on Mar 23, 2020 4:09:29 GMT
I ordered our upgrade and they are suppose to come Friday to install Fiber...I really hope it doesn’t get delayed! You'll love it! It makes the world of difference. The one thing we had to add when I moved my computer to the back corner of the house was a booster system (due to the layout of our house. DH bought the Eero System and not a dropped connection since then. I've been thinking about getting mesh for the house. I'll look at these. When I moved, I had the tech run ethernet from one side of the house (living room where the gateway is) to the other side (computer room) so I could put a switch in there for hard wiring the computers. Wifi usually works in there but is weak sometimes. Something like this This would be a perfect solution. |
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Post by kitkath on Mar 23, 2020 14:23:47 GMT
We are rural and our only option is Hughes satellite or our Verizon cell service. Daughter is home from college and needs to be on Zoom meetings everyday. We will run out of cell data in a couple of days. The satellite service is too slow for streaming. In the past she could go to a Starbucks or the library or even a friend’s house. She might have to go back to her apartment in the college town if she can’t get enough WiFi.
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Post by epeanymous on Mar 23, 2020 14:46:44 GMT
My internet has definitely been fussy. I don’t know if it is because we have so many devices in our house or if it is because I live within walking distance of Amazon and Google and have a zillion people working from home nearby. I got special permission from my closed university to teach from my office (I will literally be the only person in the building) because I can’t rely on my internet to not suddenly freeze.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 23, 2020 15:47:22 GMT
We upgraded our modem and router a couple weeks ago, just in time for all this.
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