Speed this morning

[Joe]

I'm sorry, I was referring to Joe.  I don't know why SMF didn't warn me like it usually does when there is a new reply.

I've taken physical science and learned that electricity will take the shortest path. And if that means jumping through water and reversing back before the signal gets anywhere, that's what it'll do. Where am I wrong?

Lol  :o

Thanks! That post was totally informative!

[iago]

The path of least resistance defines the shortest path.  Since rain water is relatively pure, it has very high resistance in comparison with the (usually) copper wire.  Therefore it only introduces some extra resistance rather than completely shorting the signal.  This usually alters the frequency of the analog signal slightly (distortion) which can cause corrupted data when it is converted/extrapolated to the digital portion that a cable modem listens to.  Corrupted data is dropped.  Dropped packets yield slowdowns in a variety of ways.

However, when ice is about, they put salt on the roads to melt it. So it's not pure water, it's salt water, which can be a relatively good conductor. :)

[Chavo]

Water on the line usually exists at the connections in the cable box, which shouldn't be anywhere near a salted road.

[iago]

Water on the line usually exists at the connections in the cable box, which shouldn't be anywhere near a salted road.

Ah, I was thinking underground cabling.

[MyndFyre]

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[iago]

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Stop holding down the letters, that should speed things up.

But seriously, yeah, I'm going to verify that this isn't a server issue, then look into signing up with a different ISP in the new year. The previous one worked much better than this!

[Skywing]

If you think that it is a signal issue, check the CM status page.  Most of those have signal data available via the http status site, or perhaps via SNMP.

Regardless, cable and DSL both share bandwidth at the CSO/MSO, so don't think that DSL magically grants dedicated bandwidth simply by being DSL.

- S

[Ender]

Oh, I thought you were talking about the drug. Way to let me down, iago.

[iago]

You realize that this thread is like 5 months old? Way to waste my time for nothing.