My network connection problem, you experts help me pls

OK, so far as I know, we are under monopoly with only one internet service provider, used to be known as NTCT1, but recently, this company has been bought by a bigger firm called Nu Visions.

The connection all of a sudden changed from unbearably bad to exceptionally good --- all at once after the switch of the ownership. So I figure those ntct1 dudes were a bunch of idiots.

However, recently, strange things start happening, esp. when approaching weekends:
example 1: today, 2 minutes before now, the ping status I got from pinging yahoo.com is this:
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Ping statistics for 66.94.234.13:
Packets: Sent = 380, Received = 120, Lost = 260 (68% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 74ms, Maximum = 269ms, Average = 111ms
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Under which, I could not even normally receive my emails.

Then all of the sudden, it turned back to wonderful status like this:
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Ping statistics for 216.109.112.135:
Packets: Sent = 15, Received = 15, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 8ms, Maximum = 9ms, Average = 8ms
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Out from nowhere.

During the nasty period, I could not view any websites either, it was extremely laggy. and most of the time, not even connected (... cannot display the webpage).

Example 2: last weekend, for the entire weekend, I could not receive or send any emails. Yet, I can mostly view websites normally. My email is using the account server provided by Nu Vision.

Example 3: a few weekends before, there is one Saturday, I could not receive or send any emails. (websites normal), but there was some1 who picked up my call and after 3 hours or so, the mail server went back to normal.

Example 4: as you guys all saw when playing BF2, sometimes I have dramatically good ping status, but sometimes, it is completely unplayable. And the timing is totally (or seems) random.

Question: is this my provider's problem or my local end problem?
Could it be my machine's virus? Or could it be the router being too old and not functioning well? (I have a router, used for about 2 years now)


Thanks a lot!

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• get on TS we all can talk about it. -DjTer- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/28/2008 postreply 17:33:58

• guys, I am on TS now .... :) -idiot94- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/28/2008 postreply 18:51:21

• 初步看多数是你客户端（电脑/路游器/局域网）的问题。 -Big-Mac- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/28/2008 postreply 17:36:56

• bunch of idiots? that makes 95 of them :) -woodrooste- ♂ (892 bytes) () 03/29/2008 postreply 11:07:06

• 哈哈，母鸡老大说的好。。 ：）偶这就去试试 。。 -idiot94- ♂ (20 bytes) () 03/29/2008 postreply 11:29:52

• 公鸡改母鸡了？上校报复的好快呀：） -woodrooste- ♂ (157 bytes) () 03/29/2008 postreply 12:17:20

• 木鸡不是母鸡。。。搞错了。。。呵呵，对不起亚。。 ：） -idiot94- ♂ (98 bytes) () 03/29/2008 postreply 12:22:42

• 实际上这种手术后都得戴镜子，别的症状有点怪 -woodrooste- ♂ (208 bytes) () 03/29/2008 postreply 13:29:25

• 确实太怪了，看病就看病，路什么音啊。。。总觉得 -idiot94- ♂ (56 bytes) () 03/29/2008 postreply 16:42:49

• 是个怪兽。上校搞清楚网咋回事了吗？ -woodrooste- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2008 postreply 20:38:11

• the net is good till now, cannot find anything.. must wait.. -idiot94- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/30/2008 postreply 09:31:01

• 如果是繁忙时间，那说明是服务商的带宽不够 -和事佬- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/30/2008 postreply 19:44:28

• 不是繁忙时间，挺奇怪的。。 -idiot94- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/31/2008 postreply 06:56:54