DSL Hell, part 2

They’re doing it again. Verizon DSL is basically down for me right now. It’s been spotty for days, dropping on and off the net for an hour or so at a stretch, but now it’s not even coming back up right:

# ping -s 1000 206.253.194.65
PING 206.253.194.65 (206.253.194.65) 1000(1028) bytes of data.
1008 bytes from 206.253.194.65: icmp_seq=5 ttl=247 time=125 ms
1008 bytes from 206.253.194.65: icmp_seq=8 ttl=247 time=125 ms
1008 bytes from 206.253.194.65: icmp_seq=9 ttl=247 time=125 ms
1008 bytes from 206.253.194.65: icmp_seq=12 ttl=247 time=125 ms
1008 bytes from 206.253.194.65: icmp_seq=13 ttl=247 time=125 ms
1008 bytes from 206.253.194.65: icmp_seq=14 ttl=247 time=125 ms
1008 bytes from 206.253.194.65: icmp_seq=18 ttl=247 time=125 ms
1008 bytes from 206.253.194.65: icmp_seq=27 ttl=247 time=125 ms
1008 bytes from 206.253.194.65: icmp_seq=35 ttl=247 time=125 ms

--- 206.253.194.65 ping statistics ---
38 packets transmitted, 9 received, 76% packet loss, time 37006ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 125.389/125.490/125.641/0.246 ms

Lame. I really need to switch.

Posted by Scott Laird Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:34:31 GMT