Earlier today, I found myself whining - LOUDLY - about how slow my internet requests were taking to complete. Like many Americans, I use my television cable's Internet Service, because they bundle the Internet charges with my cable and phone services, and because contractually I get 8 megabit download speeds. Unlike many American's, I am chief technology officer for an internet circuits company (http://justcircuits.com) and I hold a significant interest in a telecommunications company (http://freedomstarr.net), so I have some really good tools to know when I am not enjoying my full speed as contracted.
But I am a reasonable person, so I tried to figure out why I was having a problem. Indications are that there are a number of major outages in the Internet, notably in Texas and a few other central nodes, but fail-over should have those back up in a hurry. More of note, my local company touts a really large recent investment in fibre optics, but I notice that while the cables between distribution points have improved, the connection into my home has not - in fact, I am still sharing the connection
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Earlier today, I found myself whining - LOUDLY - about how slow my internet requests were taking to complete. Like many Americans, I use my television cable's Internet Service, because they bundle the Internet charges with my cable and phone services, and because contractually I get 8 megabit down
John Johansen is CTO for Just Circuits, Inc (http://justcircuits.com) and has been woring with FreedomStarr Communications (http://freedomstarr.net) on family and business telecommunications solutions for the past five years. He has also been a computer consultant for more than 25 years.
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