Thread: Speed problems in Luton
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Old 25-05-2006, 10:45   #69
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Re: Speed problems in Luton
Hi Luke. The cable modem technology isn't digital, its' analogue and the signals can be degraded, noise can get onto the cable network (it's kinda like a giant aerial) and cause problems, corroded joints, badly seated cables, loadsa reasons. As the noise gets worse the error correction systems become unable to compensate so you end up with retransmits happening at lower levels which causes latency and packet loss. Latency and packet loss equals slow speeds.

Rerouting generally isn't an option so the causes of the noise have to be tracked down and resolved which can be pretty tough.
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