Good day. My name is X. You may have remembered me and the issues I have been having. A technician came today and reported that everything was fine with the wiring and other infrastructure at my home yet I continue to have SERIOUS issues with the service. As far as he and you all are concerned there IS no problem but this can't be further from the truth. These days it seems to work barely ok in the morning and in the night (8pm and beyond) is when everything goes wrong. Is it that this problem cannot be fixed in my area? I know at least 10 people with the service in other parts of the country that are not having this issue. I need to know if I can get a resolution this week. I am completely fed up. If it can't be fixed I would have no choice but to make alternative arrangements for my internet connection needs. I can't take it anymore.
Good day. After many promises of being contacted with updates without follow through and promises of resolution followed by even worse service, I have decided that I have had enough. I have already set in motion arrangements to have an alternative service setup and as soon as this is in place I will discontinue your 'service'. This has become absolutely necessary since my connection has proven to be totally unsatisfactory for the past few months. I will also not be paying any further bills due. Thanks a lot...for nothing.
lol @ the love hate flow relationshipI surprise men touting running back to blink like it so easy to do.
well hoss, threatening to go back tstt eh even make Flow BLINK...hahah yea.check...QuoteGood day. My name is X. You may have remembered me and the issues I have been having. A technician came today and reported that everything was fine with the wiring and other infrastructure at my home yet I continue to have SERIOUS issues with the service. As far as he and you all are concerned there IS no problem but this can't be further from the truth. These days it seems to work barely ok in the morning and in the night (8pm and beyond) is when everything goes wrong. Is it that this problem cannot be fixed in my area? I know at least 10 people with the service in other parts of the country that are not having this issue. I need to know if I can get a resolution this week. I am completely fed up. If it can't be fixed I would have no choice but to make alternative arrangements for my internet connection needs. I can't take it anymore.Not a call, not an email, nada. Worse company ever. NB this was sent last week Thursday eh.So yea, I counting on the fact that I had Blink before may make things easier and quicker. I calling them every week to get a status. Nuh leaving them alone no months at all at all. Friggin flow is the worst, cah handle it. And for spite I eh paying no bill. Fcukin come and take the money from my cold dead hands. Is NOW they go call or email, but fcuk that.Oh, and here's another mail I sent the communications manager last week again.QuoteGood day. After many promises of being contacted with updates without follow through and promises of resolution followed by even worse service, I have decided that I have had enough. I have already set in motion arrangements to have an alternative service setup and as soon as this is in place I will discontinue your 'service'. This has become absolutely necessary since my connection has proven to be totally unsatisfactory for the past few months. I will also not be paying any further bills due. Thanks a lot...for nothing.Yea...no response. I could only imagine what they saying in they head. Well f**in go na we eh go miss yuh measely $200 a month.
Your fears confirmed: "up to" broadband speeds are bogusBy Nate Anderson | Last updated about 20 hours agoBroadband providers in the US have long hawked their wares in "up to" terms. You know—"up to" 10Mbps, where "up to" sits like a tiny pebble beside the huge font size of the raw number.In reality, no one gets these speeds. That's not news to the techno-literate, of course, but a new Federal Communications Commission report (PDF) shines a probing flashlight on the issue and makes a sharp conclusion: broadband users get, on average, a mere 50 percent of that "up to" speed they had hoped to achieve.After crunching the data, FCC wonks have concluded that ISPs advertised an average (mean) "up to" download speed of 6.7Mbps in 2009. That's not what broadband users got, though."However, FCC analysis shows that the median actual speed consumers experienced in the first half of 2009 was roughly 3 Mbps, while the average (mean) actual speed was approximately 4 Mbps," says the report. "Therefore actual download speeds experienced by US consumers appear to lag advertised speeds by roughly 50 percent."The agency used metrics data from Akamai and comScore to make this determination, though a more accurate direct measurement is currently taking place under FCC auspices. The more accurate measurement will put small boxes in people's homes for weeks at a time, recording actual line speeds in thousands of US homes at all times of the day and night. But, until that data set is complete, Internet traffic data from Akamai and comScore will have to suffice.When you look at actual speeds, most Americans have fairly slow serviceData source: FCCThe gap between advertisement and reality isn't a function of technology—it applied to all kinds of broadband connections, from cable to DSL to fiber. The less-than-ideal speeds aren't necessarily the "fault" of the ISP, either; crufty computers, poky routers, misconfigured WiFi, transient line noise, and Internet congestion all play a role.Whatever the cause, though, the FCC has concluded that advertising the "up to" speed is so inaccurate (and so confusing to consumers) that something better should be tried, sort of a "nutrition label" for Internet access. The National Broadband Plan suggested something along these lines and the new FCC report supports the idea, recommending that a standard truth-in-labeling form should be drafted by the FCC, "the National Institute of Standards and Technology, consumer groups, industry and other technical experts."The FCC has proposed a few example labels of its own:Example broadband labels (source: FCC)The New America Foundation last year proposed a standardized "truth-in-labeling" box with far more detail, and it used the new FCC report as a way to pitch its idea once more.New America Foundation's prototype Schumer Box for broadband customersFor now, broadband buyers should just expect their connections to offer about half the promised maximum speed. If that gets you down, just remember: you aren't in this alone. UK broadband users also see speeds only half as fast as advertised.
apprentice, what's your results to a foreign server?also, what are your torrent download speeds like?
