Mediacom Issues

It stalled for me earlier this morning, but working fine now.

Is anyone else having problems with Mediacom internet service?

I can login in to some websites but not every one-Freedom Communication, Go to lmeeting and my email server all give me an error message.

It is doing the same thing to me. I can go to some sites and not to others.

Same thing, still doing it this afternoon.

I can't go to any https sites & it's been like this since yesterday.

Same here - called and they said they were having issues in the area. It is somewhat better but not fixed yet.

They'd better fix it soon! Sunspotbaby is having withdrawal symptoms!:shock:

I only go to SoWal and a few other sites. I haven't had any trouble with the internet, but my phone service went out but its back now.

Slow as molasses over in the Eastern Lake area - I called Mediacom to complain and was talking to a tech on the landline when the tech said "I'm going to take over your modem" Well he did, recycled it and cut me off as I have phone service from Mediacom. Never heard a follow up from the gent. !! It could be worse and we could have COMCAST" You can check your speed by going to speakeasy.net/speedtest but it is v e r y s l o w

I'm having the same troubles. I laugh every time they try to sell me phone service.

I've had mediacom issues for the past couple days. I miss Cox internet service....oh well.

Most third world countries have better internet service.

My speeds are all over the map. Three speedtests today have all produced vastly different results.
From .36mbps to 10.15mbps... Thing is, at all those times, I was unable to load even simple websites.

After 2 years of Mediacon, all I can say is DSL is your friend. Centurylink, $30/month tacked on to my phone bill, 3 Mbps = speedy internet, no problems with streaming Netflix instant, and it NEVER goes out. (Man, did I just jinx myself or what?? I'm knocking on everything wood...)

Is this still happening this morning?

I had guests from Cassine call me between 5:00 - 7:00 central yesterday (Monday) and they couldn't get through to some web sites, while others they could but it seemed slow. Simple pings seemed to work (usually). Ran speedtest several times all with speeds around 7Mbps so it didn't sound like a connectivity issue, but the intermittent web site responses continued, despite rebooting routers and computers.

Mediacom wasn't reporting any service issues in the area on their web site, far as I could tell.

Doesn't seem to be a problem this morning. It was spotty and slow as molasses yesterday. My usual 12Mbps connection was down to 4.5Mbps, which MediaCON says is unacceptable.

Carol G, 3Mbps is about the speed of my phone being used as a tethered modem. Seems really slow compared to 12Mbps, even though it "never goes out." I'm surprised you are able to stream movies at that speed.

BTW, MediaCON never reports any service issues in our area. I guess doing so messes up their statistics and bragging points.

I'm still having the same issues this morning. Some web sites won't load, some will.

This sort of sounds like a DNS issue - I haven't been having problems these last two days, but I don't use the MediaCom DNS servers, I use Google Public DNS:

http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/

It's worth a try.

Well, I haven't been able to look at SoWal for two days!! I think i need an I.V. !!

Mediacom is up and running!

I could get email from Yahoo but none from my email server.

Took me 30 minutes to get through and finally am back up and running - the tech told me they are having problems in Florida, Georgia and Illinois with getting to many sites that are secure - Service is still sporadic and slow by me..

super slow today...

3 years with centurytel only a few problems. i just got a $21 offer from mediacom for 1 year of net and 1 year of phone but i think i'll pass even though it saves me $$60 amonth. mediacom seems like its having problems many providers had in the 1990's. i have comcast in my regular home and in 7 years maybe 2 outages

Carol G, 3Mbps is about the speed of my phone being used as a tethered modem. Seems really slow compared to 12Mbps, even though it "never goes out." I'm surprised you are able to stream movies at that speed.

I know it sounds slow, I was worried that it would be when I signed up, but it's been over a year now, and I am really impressed with how well it works. I can stream Netflix on my computer and on my TV via my Playstation, and it is just fine. It takes maybe 10- 15 seconds for the movie to load at first, and then no problem with playback. Webpages open very quickly. Upload speeds are fine for my needs. I am sure it would make a difference depending on your internet needs/usage, but for a casual user like me, DSL is the way to go when the only other option is Mediacom.

When I had Mediacom I had at least weekly sessions of unplugging, resetting, replugging, endless waiting, cursing, and finally getting frustrated enough to call customer service, only to have to do it all over again with the luck-of-the-draw service rep listening in on the other end, who may or may not be able to help. It was awful, and often happened daily. I never ever have that problem any more, and it such a relief. I go to my computer, wake it up, and within a minute, I'm online. No fuss. Worth every penny.

There are still isolated signal strength issues related to a generator that went down in Georgia last month. This was the cause of the problems for those of you having Mediacom internet connectivity issues. The only way for them to identify and repair continuing issues is for you to call in and report them so that they can send out their maintenance team.