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Thursday, March 7th, 2024 12:43 AM

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Unacceptable Packet Loss, Network Node needs servicing

be-412-arsc1.needham.ma.boston.comcast.net has a 90% packet loss rate.

Why am I paying for terrible service, constant drops, and poor customer service regarding the matter??? Fix your nodes. 

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1 year ago

be-412-arsc1.needham.ma.boston.comcast.net has a 90% packet loss rate ...

The target hop received and replied to all of the trace packets and the trace program received all the replies, so the "loss" or "delay" at the intermediate hop is likely more apparent than real, and probably not significant. Please see https://www.dslreports.com/faq/14068.

Interpreting trace results is tricky. What appears to be "late" or is reported as "lost" could mean 1) the packet did not reach or was delayed in reaching that hop, or 2) the router at that hop didn't reply or was slow to reply, or 3) the reply from that hop didn't make it back or was delayed in making it back to the trace program.

The fact the hops past than one you are concerned about responded quickly indicates that the router at that address is doing its job: forwarding data packets. That means the router's occasional delay in or failure to respond to trace packets, while annoying, is most likely not actually slowing down data transfer. If it was we'd see high RTT values and/or packet loss in subsequent hops.

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After running WinMTR for 90 minutes or so, there was a minimum 38% loss rate on every other node. The packet loss is incredibly noticeable in streaming, video calls, and online games, and occurs every few minutes 24/7 regardless of network load. 

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I would also like to add this to show you that the lag is absolutely real and is significantly impacting my day-to-day use. This is at 3pm EST, with zero load on the network from other parties, and full signal strength. 

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1 year ago

Seeing the exact same thing - Did you find a resolution to this?  Here's the post I have:

https://forums.xfinity.com/conversations/your-home-network/internet-latencylagging-when-gaming-same-time-every-night/664aca2a372cab2c67fa0d75

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