I have DSL from a company called Clearwire. Anyway I have a Clearwire tower 3 miles away on one side of my place and another one 4 miles away on the total opposite side of my house. Anyway, Once the sun goes down and it gets completely dark out my internet speed slows WAYYY down. The darker it gets, the slower it gets. Then when the sun starts to come up (Work late nights some nights) it gets faster as lighter it gets outside. At night (Like right now) I connect at 31kbps (I just ran a speed test) and during the day I run around the 740kbps, so its pretty drastic. Sometimes during the night I wont get ANY reception. I've called clearwire before and they told me that they didnt think the dark had anything to do with it, which I can understand because its kinda weird. So they came out and put a outdoor antanna instead of the box I had inside the house. Since they did that (About a month and change ago) its actually worse. I called them again and they were going to send another rep out, (which they said a week and a half ago, 24-48 hours) and still nothing yet. It seems to weird to be coincidental that it happens every day/night. Does this make any sence to any of you computer guru's? The tech on the phone told me if I wanted, I could try to adjust the antenna myself, which didnt make any difference with the night thing. Again, in the day, it runs like a champ, but at night (When I do 90% of my work/surfing) it blows and I had faster speed with dial up. What would you guys suggest me suggesting to them to fix this?
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HeartBreak
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I strongly doubt it's your PC that is causing this. There is a chance, however, that you may have some sort of spyware crud on there, and that it is dialing "home" during the times you're online.
Have you tried the clearwire unit on another pc?
Ruling your pc out, about the only thing that I can think of is possibly either a make-or-break connection in the towers, or possibly even radio noise caused by machinery nearby (such as TV's, microwaves, etc).
I would go with radio interferrence than anything. Have you asked the reps if you can change channels on the clearwire reciever?
Edit; the clearwire modem operates on a 2.5ghz spectrum; anything could be causing the interference. However, I'd lean more towards a problem with their towers than your equipment.
If you have access to a laptop and an inverter, I'd recommend taking a drive out to near one of the towers, and see if you can get a decent signal there.
Have you tried the clearwire unit on another pc?
Ruling your pc out, about the only thing that I can think of is possibly either a make-or-break connection in the towers, or possibly even radio noise caused by machinery nearby (such as TV's, microwaves, etc).
I would go with radio interferrence than anything. Have you asked the reps if you can change channels on the clearwire reciever?
Edit; the clearwire modem operates on a 2.5ghz spectrum; anything could be causing the interference. However, I'd lean more towards a problem with their towers than your equipment.
If you have access to a laptop and an inverter, I'd recommend taking a drive out to near one of the towers, and see if you can get a decent signal there.
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mr_bob
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yeah the signals bounce off the layers of the atmospheare and thats why in the earlier years you oculd get radio stations from accross the country and somtimes even over seas stations
now for you problem i would think that all the signals bounceing about is causing a bunch of interference to your signal
i would say something about changing channels or something like that
now for you problem i would think that all the signals bounceing about is causing a bunch of interference to your signal
i would say something about changing channels or something like that
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Yeah I dont think its my comp. I keep my comp pretty fresh and clean..lol..I run and update my spyware numerouse times a day. It just seems weird though that its like clock work that as soon as it gets dark, it turns to crap. They tried telling me that it could be a person coming home and having a vehicle parked in the driveway that could cause the interferance.. I told them everyday? Then they just happen to move the vehicle when the sun comes up?? Then he did run a test and told me I had the most interfierance he has seen, and thats when he told me hed get a rep here. But again, as soon as the suns up, it runs mint. Very weird
HeartBreak
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About the only thing I can come up with in that case is possibly, and this is gonna sound wierd, but maybe a motion detector or flood light that comes on with the sunset/sunrise. Do you have any mercury lights around, or even flood lights, that have a photo cell in them?
HeartBreak
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It could possibly make a difference. Try flippin the breaker that they're on, and see if that helps any.
When they bolted the antenna on the house, was it near one of the fixtures?
When they bolted the antenna on the house, was it near one of the fixtures?
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its actually mounted right on my Tv antenna (Maybe 4 feet in the air). The Tv antenna is in the middle of the roof, almost directly in the middle of the house and I have them motion lights on each end of the house.
HeartBreak
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You would be amazed how much radio noise those lights can throw out. The tv antenna, is it used for any TV's in the house, or just the clearwire antenna?
HeartBreak
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Interesting. Have you tried mounting the antenna in a different location?
And when using the modem that didn't have the external antenna, how far from a TV set was it?
edit; I'm still suspecting the photocell in the motion detectors, but it could be as simple as radio noise off an older tv set causing it. It could also be as stupidly simple as a street light. If you can, watch the street lights and see if they come on when your signal degrades/improves.
And when using the modem that didn't have the external antenna, how far from a TV set was it?
edit; I'm still suspecting the photocell in the motion detectors, but it could be as simple as radio noise off an older tv set causing it. It could also be as stupidly simple as a street light. If you can, watch the street lights and see if they come on when your signal degrades/improves.
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I would bet that it's moisture in the main cable lines. When I installed satellites and cable we would get this complaint all the time. After a while the shield on the wire starts to get small stress cracks, at night they due will get into the lines and cause a signal drop, in the morning it starts to dry out. It usually doesn't mess with analog cable but it is hard on satellites and Internet because they need a stronger signal than analog.
Clintd
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I don't think it's a reception problem, It sounds more like a bandwidth problem. At night, everybody is home and downloading stuff off the net. But in the day everybody is at work. So you would have all the bandwidth you need.
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I live out in the country, so theres no street lights. Before when I had the dsl box thing it was about 4 feet away from the tv set.HeartBreak said:
Smaxxin, its only been mounted outside though for like a month and a half. Could it go bad that quick?
I thought maybe it was bandwidth from excess users at 1st too, but it doesn't improve at all at any time threw the night. Like I said I do 90% of my work at night and regulary until the sun comes up. Not until it starts to get light out, will it start going back to normal. Honestly between 1am and 4 am its the worst and damn near impossible to surf.
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I'm referring to the main hard line that runs down your road, not the line that is in your yard. If the main hard line is only a few months old that's not the problem, it won't go bad that quick.
HeartBreak
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Now that my DSL came back online, LOL. One of the few nights that I've had problems since I've had it. Anyways;
Well, the problem is definately contained in your house. However, I don't think the clearwire unit itself is to blame. More likely, I'd suspect the mounting location of the antenna.
The reason being is that when you had it 4.5 feet (or so) from the TV, it was better, but not by much... When the external antenna was mounted to the antenna mast outside (by the clearwire tech, I'll wager), it got worse. Why? I'd be willing to bet the RF noise from your TV set is what's causing the interferrence.
For further diagnosis; when the problem occurs, how many TV's are on? Try switching off ALL of the TV's and see if that helps any.
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Smaxxin: Clearwire is a wireless broadband, based on cell towers and not a "landline".
Well, the problem is definately contained in your house. However, I don't think the clearwire unit itself is to blame. More likely, I'd suspect the mounting location of the antenna.
The reason being is that when you had it 4.5 feet (or so) from the TV, it was better, but not by much... When the external antenna was mounted to the antenna mast outside (by the clearwire tech, I'll wager), it got worse. Why? I'd be willing to bet the RF noise from your TV set is what's causing the interferrence.
For further diagnosis; when the problem occurs, how many TV's are on? Try switching off ALL of the TV's and see if that helps any.
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Smaxxin: Clearwire is a wireless broadband, based on cell towers and not a "landline".
.21Rc10GT
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I think it is just the little monkeys down at the station not pluging in the cables fast enough to the switch board. They get tired at night...
I don't know. I'm assuming it is wireless. I also have wireless dsl, but it seems to run faster at night for some reason. I think it is due to the smaller load of people using it during the night. Have you called and complained?
I don't know. I'm assuming it is wireless. I also have wireless dsl, but it seems to run faster at night for some reason. I think it is due to the smaller load of people using it during the night. Have you called and complained?
HeartBreak
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Clearwire is indeed wireless. It's more of a GPRS (data signal used by cellphones) signal than it is anything else.
The only thing I can come up with is interferrence from his TV sets causing it. It's a long shot, but possible.
The only thing I can come up with is interferrence from his TV sets causing it. It's a long shot, but possible.
Thats a totally different ballgame, I had wireless when I lived in the sticks. It was called Wireless One and it sucked big time! Sometimes on a cloudy day the picture would go to sh&*.
