Daily Broadband Slowdown - It was the NAS!

[mjcurry]

Hello. I've got a Maxtor Central Axis NAS with 2T. For the past week or so, my Verizon DSL broadband speed was dropping off from about 2000 kbps to around 200 to 300 kbps, sometimes dropping to zero.
This was happening every day at about 6:00 pm. I have no backups, scans, or any other scheduled events else that I know of set to start at that time.
Thinking Verizon was up to something, I spent several hours with tech support last night. we went through the usual (annoying) procedures, and finally got the point that the tech decided to escalate the trouble ticket.
Just as we were about to hang up I decided to try turning off the NAS and TA DA! Full broadband speed was back. I turned off web access on the NAS when I turned it back on, but have to wait 'till tonight if the network slows down again.

Has anyone had a similar experience?

 

[thiggins]

Was the NAS programmed to do anything at 6PM?

 

[mjcurry]

It WAS Verizon and NOT the NAS!

Ok. I duped myself. http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/images/smilies/redface.gif Itwas a total coincidence that the broadband speed picked up when I turned off the NAS.
I called Verizon again, and they were having some sort of problem in the evenings. We're back to full speed again.
And no, the NAS is not programmed to do anything at 6:00pm.

 

[thiggins]

Thanks for reporting back.