Hey whats up guys, haven't been around here in a long time . Glad to see this place is still kicking.

I recently moved into my new house and i upgraded to the RR turbo package 15/2. I was getting 13-14/2 pretty constant for the first couple of days. But now at certain times either early when i get home from work in the morning or late in the afternoon, my speed will drop to under 1mbit down.. but my upload stays at least 1.5mbits or higher. After about 10 min. of me restarting and checking the cables, the speed goes back up to normal.

This is a test of after i had the problem...
:::::::::::::::::.. Download Stats ..:::::::::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 14114 Kbps about 14.1 Mbps (tested with 25600 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1723 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2008/05/11 - 5:16am
Bottom Line:: 246X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.59 sec
Tested from a 25600 kB file and took 14.859 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 181.32 % faster than the average for host (rr.com)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-76Y1WJ2KZ
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14

:::::::::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..:::::::::::::::::
Upload Connection is:: 1741 Kbps about 1.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 213 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2008/05/11 - 5:25am
Bottom Line:: 30X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 4.81 sec
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 14.078 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 245.44 % faster than the average for host (rr.com)
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-SKXI94LG2
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14

For these tests, im running straight from the modem to the PC. I was plugged into my router, but even after i hooked it up straight to the modem.. the problem persisted for about 5 min. before getting the speed back to normal.

I was using a Comcast 15/2 tweak, but it didnt really do much to the speed. Im using my default values right now. Im of course virus/spyware free and all that good stuff.

Anyone else experience this problem or have a cablenut tweak for the RR turbo package i could tryout. I'm gonna call brighthouse and see if perhaps work was being done in the area. Its just odd to have the speed spike that randomly and it be only the down speed.

~Thx

EDIT:

Heres a trace route to testmy.net

  1     7 ms     5 ms     5 ms  10.210.96.1
  2     8 ms     7 ms     8 ms  242.230.95.24.cfl.res.rr.com [24.95.230.242]
  3    14 ms     9 ms    17 ms  gig4-0-0.orldflaabv-rtr4.cfl.rr.com [24.95.228.1
93]
  4   153 ms   159 ms   157 ms  te-7-1.car2.Orlando1.Level3.net [4.79.118.41]
  5   154 ms   253 ms   156 ms  ae-2-9.bar2.Orlando1.Level3.net [4.69.133.70]
  6     *      186 ms   197 ms  ae-14-14.ebr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.137.154]

  7   192 ms   199 ms   196 ms  ae-61-61.csw1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.136.122]

  8   188 ms     *      189 ms  ae-14-69.car4.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.19.6]
  9   188 ms     *      189 ms  THE-PLANET.car4.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.71.122.2]

 10   153 ms   162 ms   190 ms  te9-2.dsr02.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.87.253.30]

 11   175 ms   171 ms   177 ms  7a.fd.5746.static.theplanet.com [70.87.253.122]

 12   165 ms   167 ms   162 ms  po1.car06.dllstx6.theplanet.com [12.96.160.8]
 13   161 ms   160 ms   163 ms  a6.e2.364a.static.theplanet.com [74.54.226.166]


Trace complete.

I did it when i was experiencing more download speed problems. This time i stayed between 5-7mbits down and up to 1.8mbits up

that looks crap

i feel for you

but if it is a fluctuating thing i am not sure there is much you can do from your side

maybe some one else might have a diff opinion