Cable internet -- how reliable? (1 Viewer)

[heckmanm]

MT, I think your best bet is to wait until Comcast and Time Warner merge. Then they will have your problem cleared up in a jiffy!

We are so lucky to have a free market economy here in the US, probably the reason we have the fastest and most reliable internet access in the world.

meanwhile, at Comcast HQ

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Tech guy from Time Warner is here now. He says our forward is okay, but our return is shot. I don't know what that means.

The connection is apparently okay out on the street, but not once it comes inside.

Anyway, it's not the modem.

 

[Cripster]

I use Comcast at home and work. Fast and never goes down . Maybe twice in 10 years.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Okay, mystery potentially (hopefully) solved.

There was a crimp in a cable between the outside drop and the inside line. Or something. So the TW guy replaced the cable and it's working again.

It's possible that it started working again just by coincidence (since it always stops and starts by itself), and that nothing is actually fixed. But looking at the crimp in the cable, he said that could definitely be the problem -- and when it was replaced, that's when it started working. So I might actually have a reliable interconnection now, which would be pretty sweet, because it would suck terribly to lose it on Sunday morning, for example, and not be able to post updated projections and interactive value charts. (I crossed my fingers every Sunday morning last season and got lucky.)

 

[GilbertGrape]

MT, I think your best bet is to wait until Comcast and Time Warner merge. Then they will have your problem cleared up in a jiffy!

We are so lucky to have a free market economy here in the US, probably the reason we have the fastest and most reliable internet access in the world.

They aren't merging.

 

[17seconds]

If you ever move elsewhere in San Diego, being in a Cox area is something you'll want to factor in. Cox internet is always great.

 

[Zasada]

Okay, mystery potentially (hopefully) solved.

There was a crimp in a cable between the outside drop and the inside line. Or something. So the TW guy replaced the cable and it's working again.

It's possible that it started working again just by coincidence (since it always stops and starts by itself), and that nothing is actually fixed. But looking at the crimp in the cable, he said that could definitely be the problem -- and when it was replaced, that's when it started working. So I might actually have a reliable interconnection now, which would be pretty sweet, because it would suck terribly to lose it on Sunday morning, for example, and not be able to post updated projections and interactive value charts. (I crossed my fingers every Sunday morning last season and got lucky.)

I'm not sure how good your wireless service is in your house, but you can always turn your phone into a hotspot if you need "emergency" internet because your home service is out. That's what we do when I'm messing with our router configuration and my wife needs internet.

 

[Fat Nick]

Quasi-related question...

I'm considering switching from Land-line phone/DSL to Cable Internet/VoIP from Comcast. I understand how to wire the VoIP into my house wiring to get it to work on all my phone jacks, etc.

My concern is with my alarm system. Has anyone had any issues with the VoIP and their alarm system monitoring? I've read a few things that say some people have issues. I'd like to determine how to figure out if I'm in the "some" category or not...

 

[top dog]

Okay, mystery potentially (hopefully) solved.

There was a crimp in a cable between the outside drop and the inside line. Or something. So the TW guy replaced the cable and it's working again.

It's possible that it started working again just by coincidence (since it always stops and starts by itself), and that nothing is actually fixed. But looking at the crimp in the cable, he said that could definitely be the problem -- and when it was replaced, that's when it started working. So I might actually have a reliable interconnection now, which would be pretty sweet, because it would suck terribly to lose it on Sunday morning, for example, and not be able to post updated projections and interactive value charts. (I crossed my fingers every Sunday morning last season and got lucky.)

That sounds plausible. A crimp in the cable could definitely cause the cable to degrade over time and cause connectivity issues.

 

[lumpy19]

I had a similar problem....twc showed up and after me not letting them leave until it was finally fixed they ran a new outside line, problem solved.

NAILED IT

 

[BowieMercs]

I use Comcast at home and work. Fast and never goes down . Maybe twice in 10 years.

Comcrap is turr-bull! We have Comcast at work, its down a couple times a month. I have Fios at home & it's very rare (once a year?) to have that down.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

I'm not sure how good your wireless service is in your house, but you can always turn your phone into a hotspot if you need "emergency" internet because your home service is out. That's what we do when I'm messing with our router configuration and my wife needs internet.

My wireless service is terrible. When my cable is down, I use PdaNet through the USB port to try to give my desktop a connection through my cell phone, but that's a whole new frustration. Trying to load a standard webpage that way has only a slight chance of succeeding before timing out.