[tor-relays] Consensus weight/Advertised bandwidth low on "Gigabit" ISP, despite ISP equipment upgrades

[Neel Chauhan]

Hi tor-relays@,

I run a FreeBSD-based Tor relay across two instances on "Wave G", a 
Gigabit ISP in the Seattle metro. You may also know them as 
CondoInternet or CascadeLink, but I joined only this year on a 
Wave-branded service.

These relays have had low consensus weights since I got the service in 
January.

The instances are below:

  * 
https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/8FABF4D266DF95216F6C646C6D6D4611D3DCF484

  * 
https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/CE06BA1EA45FD32A79EAF7FE6A3B1919E7FE585B

My server and router are fine, I am in the single digits in terms of CPU 
use on both. The same exact server and router on Verizon FiOS in New 
York never gave me this issue.

There was an underlying ISP performance issue impacting me which led 
consensus weight values to be low, but my ISP has since upgraded their 
equipment in my building. In general, my Internet performance has 
improved by magnitudes.

However, my consensus weight has stayed more or less flat since the 
equipment upgrade, instead of jumping higher. What gives?

How long would it usually take for the bandwidth scanners to measure the 
higher bandwidths?

Should I re-key my relays and start from scratch?

About switching ISPs, I'm not switching to Comcast for obvious 
well-documented reasons, and neither CenturyLink nor Frontier/Ziply 
Fiber serve me, not even copper.

Best,

Neel Chauhan

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