g8terh8ter_eric
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I have a charter 5MB connection and rarely get over 1500 down and 750 up. Is there anybody else using your network?
You could just have a burnt out drop, a CLI leak somewhere on your service node, due to water through a torn jacket, someone making an illegal hookup, or a line extender shot somewhere on your node.
Talk to your neighbors, see if they are having problems, internet wise or pixellation on the high channels, call them and complain.
Someone will come out, document it, if the problem continues, call again, and again, and again.
Most CATV plants haven't been upgraded for 7-10 years, maybe longer if you're off the beaten path some.
The last upgrades were great for CATV, and can hold their own with Digital Cable. but there is only so much flow available for the Digital CATV, Cable internet, and voice over IP.
If you have hot and cold times, it's probably because your local plant is tapped out. If it is bad between 5-10pm, odds are it is because everyone between you and your nearest amplifier is online or watching tv.
