90k errors and YOU SE

[Clavaat]

Sorry, I don't know what Level3.net is.

So, how is this an issue with a person's internet service provider?

This is a Google search away. It's not your ISP or SE per se, but the communication between the two. Extreme packet loss started occurring awhile ago for Verizon and other customers who use a Level3.net Content Delivery Network to communicate to Ormuco Data Solutions. Highlight, right-click, search Google for X, it's been explained here many times. Please look up information on the subject before posting erroneous complaints.

[Randelmire]

This is a Google search away. It's not your ISP or SE per se, but the communication between the two. Extreme packet loss started occurring awhile ago for Verizon and other customers who use a Level3.net Content Delivery Network to communicate to Ormuco Data Solutions. Highlight, right-click, search Google for X, it's been explained here many times. Please look up information on the subject before posting erroneous complaints.

I came to say something similar. It's probably a link somewhere between you and the servers that is bad. It happens, a VPN can probably force your connection to take another route but that's pretty much it. I don't even think SE themselve can do something about it.

I live in Longueuil which is the city south of Montréal, where the servers are hosted. Other than the bad server issues at launch I never had a 90K error.