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Effect of Internet Service Quality on Streaming?

I’ve struggled for a long time with sound getting much, much worse around dinner time, and in some rare cases I don’t get depth, clarity, dynamics and imaging back until around midnight. Like many people I’ve attributed this to noise on my AC lines. But recently I’ve been wondering if maybe internet service quality is at least contributing to the issue in some manner. When I run tests it appears that speed, jitter, and latency are all higher at times when the sound is poor. That got me wondering if anyone knows whether one type of internet service is better than another for HiFi streaming? For example, is ADSL or DSL better, or does it matter? And what about speed? Particularly interested in anyone who has real world experiences from experimenting in this area…
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hgeifman
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I suggest you ask your Internet service provider to check the signal frequently response and all the cable connections in your home. My frequency response was too high and he replaced all my inside connections.  He also corrected and rewired the cables in my outside box.  

hgeifman
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Based on your comments above, and the fact that your SQ is great sometimes and poor other times, as I stated above, I suggest you ask your Internet service provider for an in house audit of your Internet signal coming into your home. In addition, please check your router to ensure its software is up to date and working okay.

Your Internet Service Provider needs to check the signal both outside your home and inside In other words, is the signal strong and solid outside your home at the junction box and still strong inside your home at the point of entry and at the cable modem. Please confirm the cable modem is their current model.

For example, my Internet signal was very poor at the outside junction box because of poor wire connections He replaced all connections at the junction box and all connections at the box on the side of my home. Unfortunately, these connections go bad after time and impact the signal. This is why I am suggesting your ISP audit your signal, connections, etc. He also replaced the cables and connections inside my home. Everything worked perfectly after these corrections were made.

 

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