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WTF is up with Mac Internet?!
02-09-2012 at 03:55 PM
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WTF is up with Mac Internet?!
Seriously!
Less than dial up speeds at Thode. Often not even connecting to the website. Are we paying for this quality of internet? Can't even access McMaster websites.
I mean, I know congestion but WTF is this. This is like a whole other level! Get your shit together whoever's responsible >_<
I can't study like this! >_<
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02-09-2012 at 04:15 PM
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Seriously!
Less than dial up speeds at Thode. Often not even connecting to the website. Are we paying for this quality of internet? Can't even access McMaster websites.
I mean, I know congestion but WTF is this. This is like a whole other level! Get your shit together whoever's responsible >_<
I can't study like this! >_<
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If only Mukhtar Galan won...things could have changed...
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02-09-2012 at 04:18 PM
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Welcome to mcmaster: where all technology services suck.
The horrible wifi is mostly due to the renovated second floor and influx of additional students this year, all without upgrading the infrastructure.
Some options:
1) Use good old mac-connect. With so many people autologging into macsecure, most people seem to have forgotten about the old...yet independent..system
2) thodes basement...which is empty...has a separate and fast connection so a good option is to just move down there.
Its disappointing how poor mac's technology services are overall. Internet is a basic need for students....
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02-09-2012 at 06:14 PM
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Using a router hooked up via Ethernet in some places on campus doesn't seem to be making much of a difference sometimes. Other times with that setup, the hardwired computer can load up fine but my Mac cannot connect to the router the desktop is hardwired to. I think the problem is bigger than just MacConnect + WiFi
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Today is the first I've noticed it slow. If I tether my phone to any campus computer it becomes faster... lol
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02-09-2012 at 06:59 PM
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Today is the first I've noticed it slow. If I tether my phone to any campus computer it becomes faster... lol
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same, except wind doesn't get good signal in thode
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same, except wind doesn't get good signal in thode
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since we're on the topic of internet, I'd just like to comment on how the scisociety introduced a referendum last year to add $15 to our faculty fees, which was supposed to pay for the academic science fund and INTERNET IN ALL OF BSB.
and yet here we are, 75% of bsb is still internet-less, and I haven't heard any news about the academic science fund since the beginning of the year. >__>
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Go sit somewhere else, there are plenty of places on Campus where I get amazing speeds. Upwards of 1MB/s.
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Go sit somewhere else, there are plenty of places on Campus where I get amazing speeds. Upwards of 1MB/s.
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That's no excuse. Libraries should be the first place to get top notch performance, especially since everything is online. Avenue is slow in itself, couple that with 20kB/s and you have a wasted day.
I have yet to see 1MB/s (megabyte) on campus since Summer 2010.
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That's no excuse. Libraries should be the first place to get top notch performance, especially since everything is online. Avenue is slow in itself, couple that with 20kB/s and you have a wasted day.
I have yet to see 1MB/s (megabyte) on campus since Summer 2010.
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I am not saying it is an excuse, I am giving you another option until they get around to upgrading their tech.
I have received 1MB/s at the building between Thode and JHE (think its ABB) and also at ETB. |
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I totally agree with the failure of Internet. Its terrible. Disastrous. However, if any of you are wondering, you want rocket speed Internet? Screw Thode, Screw BSB, Screw ABB, Screw Everything. Just go to MDCL. The Internet is jacked with steroids there i swear.
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I totally agree with the failure of Internet. Its terrible. Disastrous. However, if any of you are wondering, you want rocket speed Internet? Screw Thode, Screw BSB, Screw ABB, Screw Everything. Just go to MDCL. The Internet is jacked with steroids there i swear.
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I remember MDCL quite differently :/ But that was last Summer
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The internet in MDCL sucks..
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Sorry guys, I really needed the internet so I borrowed most of it for the year. I'll bring it back when when I return in September. Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.
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