Continuation of previous 2 posts, this time looking at some specific winMTR results from some popular internet places as well as some places I go to a lot. This serves to illustrate the packet loss issues that are happening.
Section 3: winMTR results
3a. winMTR (youtube.com)
- packet loss occuring on an ALTER.NET server, which is a Verizon business property
- crazy highest ping on that one server, although the average time and packet loss are great
- packet loss occurs further down the line as well
3b. winMTR Starcraft2 server (IP from battle.net support - 12.129.202.154)
- One of the things I really enjoy is playing Starcraft 2 with some of my free time
- As you can see from this test, it is COMPLETELY unplayable with this kind of packetloss, it makes it laggy to the point of pure impossibility.
- Once again, packet loss starts to show up at an ALTER.NET server
3c. winMTR wikipedia.org
- massive packet loss - this is not going to setup for a good connection
3d. winMTR tomshardware.com
- better on the first several hops - notie it's a different LCR verizon server than the disastrous one seen when I winMTR-ed wikipedia
- again - high packet loss on an ALTER.NET server
3e. winMTR espn.com
- lots of packet loss along the hops
- ALTER.NET showing packet loss on an early hop
3f. winMTR washingtonpost.com
- significantly better performance in the immediate area
Thoughts:
- I am not an expert, let me put that out there as a disclaimer. However, I feel like local issues (my router, wiring, configuration, etc.) can be ruled out here.
- Reminder that I am now using a MI424WR Rev I. 3rd Gen Gigabit FiOS Router on a WIRED connection
- There is good performance - to isolated parts of the internet. However, there is much more that is crippled by these slow speeds, packet loss, latency, etc.
- I am paying a lot of money for Verizon FiOS service, I just committed to a 2-year plan (can bail in the first month without a cancellation fee...), and would like to see returns on my money.
- I do not expect to have 75/35 with 10ms pings all the time, but I think it is safe to expect that streaming video should go smoothly, playing online games should be a breeze, and casual internet browsing shouldn't be hampered by lockups and delays.
Anyone with more technical knowledge who looks at this, please provide some feedback. Thanks.
