cable problems

Redpossum · Post by **Redpossum** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:03 am

My ISP hates me.

The cable modem keeps dropping offline.

I've had a tech out here 3 times already, and have a 4th visit scheduled for tomorrow.

SO, if you don't see me posting here for a few days, you know why.

Wish me luck, the problem seems to be something really obscure ;/

efthimios · Post by **efthimios** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:43 am

Good luck!

Because I had and still have a similar problem, make sure that the problem is not the modem itself.

Or of course the usual suspects (virus, spyware etc).

Redpossum · Post by **Redpossum** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:48 am

Gods...

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

The problem seems to be fixed. I've been online for 3 and a half hours with no disconnect.

It was a bad cable modem, apparently.

The first thing the first tech did, on the first trouble call, was replace the cable modem, but apparently it was bad from refurb.

Finally tonight, at after 6pm, the currect tech put in a third cable modem, and the problem went away.

pal670 · Post by **pal670** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:05 am

Woo! Nice to see you finally got it back

. Have fun with it

ste · Post by **ste** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:51 am

Networks are the thing I hate almost as much as printers, lol... For some reason I just cant get along with them. I understand most of the theory (or atleast my exam results would lead you to believe so :-p) but I dunno its like printers just the fact the screw up all the time really winds me up, lol

EDIT: Typo