An earlier thread referred to a test for “black hole routers”….is this something that would only affect ADSL connections? ie., it would not apply to cable internet?
Inasmuch as I am getting slower & slower browsing speed, and more frequent messages saying unable to resolve DNS lookup, (or something to that effect),
I have run this test (tracert) a dozen times or so over the last month, and each time the result shows all asterisks between the 1st & last lines, followed by “timed out” ……
Can I assume that advising AT&T about this condition will fall on deaf ears?
Even us gluttons for punishment have our limits, as I am now paying $98/mo for land line phone & internet, which at last speed test managed 0.45Mbps DL.
Pulse Electronics’ DSL Splitter Module with Lightning and Power Fault Protection
6-pin module is interchangeable for all global telecom standards
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pulse Electronics Corporation (NYS: PULS) , a leading provider of electronic components, introduces a central office (CO) VDSL2 splitter module with optional lightning and power fault protection. The module is designed with 6 pins, instead of the standard 4 pins. This enables a protective device, such as a sidactor, to be added on the board underneath the module and eliminates the need for a separate protection rack card, freeing up space for an extra multichannel card or to increase airflow for additional cooling. The pin location allows a fast-acting secondary over-voltage protector to be used to protect the filter from surge effects while maintaining good VDSL2 performance. The location may also help to meet ITU and Telcordia coordination requirements with any installed primary protectors, enabling selection of suitable secondary protectors to accommodate different countries and markets.
“Adding surge protection is becoming increasingly necessary as protection standards evolve, and being able to reduce the splitter module size is important as component density increases,” explained Ronan Kelly, Pulse Electronics broadband product manager. “Pulse’s new CO splitter module offers the customer a product to address these needs.”
Pulse Electronics‘ B8841PNL CO module is part of a family of products that have the same 6 pin footprint, so modules can be interchanged to address a specific target market without changing the rack cabinet connectivity. This pin configuration accommodates all global standards and is well-suited for use in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. It meets requirements for ETSI 600 ohm ADSL to VDSL2 applications and China YD/T 1187-2006 ADSL 600 ohms. The modules are used on a rack card in a DSLAM or within roadside cabinets to combine or split the POTS from DSL data.
The question of whether you're getting the bandwidth you pay for is one that just doesn't go away. Twice in the last few months I've suspected my ADSL connection of running slow and, sure enough, despite the modem telling me I had 3Mbps down and 500Kbps up, for whatever reason, restarting the modem fixed the problem. …read more Source: FULL ARTICLE at Computerworld Latest
I am writing these lines while listening to Pandora. If you're in the US, this probably doesn't sound very exciting. I, however, am not in the US–I'm in Israel, a country in which Pandora is not officially supported. I can also do all sorts of other US-only tricks, such as watch Hulu, enjoy Netflix video streaming, and jam to Rdio and Spotify. All of the computers on my home network can enjoy the same content, and I didn't have to install any software or flash my ADSL router with custom firmware for this to work. This is all thanks to innovative $5/month (eight-day free trial) service UnoDNS–and before you ask, no, it is not a VPN. Source: FULL ARTICLE at Computerworld Latest
I am writing these lines while listening to Pandora. If you’re in the US, this probably doesn’t sound very exciting. I, however, am not in the US–I’m in Israel, a country in which Pandora is not officially supported. I can also do all sorts of other US-only tricks, such as watch Hulu, enjoy Netflix video streaming, and jam to Rdio and Spotify. All of the computers on my home network can enjoy the same content, and I didn’t have to install any software or flash my ADSL router with custom firmware for this to work. This is all thanks to innovative $5/month (eight-day free trial) service UnoDNS–and before you ask, no, it is not a VPN.
You see, circumventing geo-restriction is nothing new. For as long as content has been geographically restricted, there have been individuals determined to get at that content, even if they are in the “wrong” country. The usual solution is to use a VPN, which is a sort of a virtual tunnel your Internet connection goes through. You send all of your Internet traffic via a VPN server, and it goes out the other end from a server in the US, UK, or another country of your choice. The service you’re talking to thinks you’re in that country, and you get to enjoy the content.
That sounds like a nice solution, but in reality, it’s cumbersome. For starters, most services and websites are not geo-restricted. If I just want to enjoy one or two specific sites, why should all of my Internet traffic go through a third party? Not only is this inefficient, but it can also slow things down. If I have a fast ADSL connection (100Mbps, for example), my VPN provider can easily become a bottleneck. Everything has to go via that one server, which has a hard time keeping up.
UnoDNS stops working whenever your ISP changes your IP address, but updating it for your new address takes just one click, and can be automated.
UnoDNS gets around this by doing something amazing–and that is not a word I use lightly. Instead of forcing all of your traffic through a VPN server, UnoDNS has you configure custom DNS servers on your computer. This is a simple operation that doesn’t require installing any software. In fact, many routers let you configure your own DNS servers on the router itself, which is how I enabled UnoDNS for my entire home network in one fell swoop (Android and iOS devices included, as long as they’re on WiFi). This saves you time spent individually configuring each device.
