Beta Starlink with a slight tree obstruction vs degraded DOCSIS3 last mile

Wed Jun 30 18:30:36 UTC 2021

Although I did not provide screenshots to the 40 other widely varied
destinations that smokeping system is set up to poll, all of them show
similar 2-3% loss results as to the voip.ms server in Seattle. Additionally
TCP is also dropping packets on the floor. And of course anything UDP is
affected to the point that it's noticeable in voice/video.

This is not a case of the cable ISP introducing some ICMP rate limiting
packet eater but a general degradation for everything.

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 9:58 AM Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>
wrote:

> Have you thought about doing a TCP test?  Maybe an HTTP check to a
> website?  That would be better than ICMP, I think, since it would be more
> user like.
>
> Josh Luthman
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> On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 9:02 PM Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The local cable last mile operator broke something locally, or something
>> degraded (water ingress, bad connectors, who knows) and can't get their act
>> together sufficiently to dispatch a field tech and fix it.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021, 11:03 AM Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What happened on June 20/21?  Looks like someone broke something on your
>>> cable link or perhaps an ICMP rate limiting was introduced.
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 10:45 AM Matt Hoppes <
>>> mattlists at rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know how you can be embarrassed when you have a pretty solid
>>>> 30ms ping constantly, and Starlink has jitter all over the place and
>>>> spikes as high as 280ms.
>>>>
>>>> I'll take the DOCSIS3 system....
>>>>
>>>> On 6/25/21 8:49 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
>>>> > I thought I would post an interesting comparison between a degraded
>>>> > DOCSIS3 link, of a carrier that shall remain nameless to avoid
>>>> > embarrassing anybody, and a starlink CPE with a slight 1/12th tree
>>>> > obstruction in a portion of its view.
>>>> >
>>>> > First two screenshots are the docsis3, to its gateway and to a very
>>>> > reliable hosted asterisk system in Seattle.
>>>> >
>>>> > Second two screenshots are starlink, also to its gateway and to the
>>>> same
>>>> > destination.
>>>> >
>>>> > https://imgur.com/a/OQ5wyDr
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>
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