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WesM63
05-23-2002, 05:06 PM
Just a little pole... am i the only one with dial up?
NorthernYankee
05-23-2002, 05:41 PM
yup:D

--NY
Farabomb
05-23-2002, 07:43 PM
Where's the option for a T1? :D
Player0
05-23-2002, 08:38 PM
I had DSL, but i switched to cable :)
kms
05-23-2002, 09:39 PM
nah, i'm cursed with a slowdem too :( :( :(
mdzcpa
05-23-2002, 10:06 PM
cable here.
WesM63
05-23-2002, 10:22 PM
Well...we have cable in my area but i live in the counrty so no luck there...Could get satellite but way to expensive, just came out with wireless, not to expensive.. like 175 install and 45mnth but my mom's not shure if she want's to get it or not...I'am like WTF? lol well hopefully soon i'll have it.
RanGer498
05-24-2002, 09:14 AM
say yes to cable!
NorthernYankee
05-24-2002, 11:43 AM
Oh Ranger you seem to be changing your tune with Comcast, are you actually happy now?

--NY
Player0
05-24-2002, 12:13 PM
IM not so happy with my cable yet. Forget the fact that they are TimeWarner/AOL, one of the worst companies on the face of the planet.

The cable guy is coming again today, as a matter of fact, for the 3rd time. I get great speeds, over 2mbit download now, with 384k upload cap. But, the shit is unstable yo.

The cable light just keeps going down...weak signal I guess. Its gone from being a daily occurance to being every 3 days or so now.

Cable guy #1 was about as bright as a cucumber. He replaced the RG59 with RG6, a better more powerful cable. But this didn't help at all. He didnt even check any signals or have any testing tools.

Cable guy #2 was smarter, a complete dick to me, but I guess if you deal with cable customers all day, you get like that. He did test the line, saw that the line levels were low, and there were other problems. He replaced a fault grounding block for me, and removed some sort of HBO filter they had placed on the line a while back. He fiddled with other things and it all looked good. And the cable modem works better now. But it still goes down too often for my liking. I can deal with once or twice a month. But this is like twice a week. And I dont mean it just goes down and comes back up. Usually when it goes down, its on and off for a couple hours.

So, cable guy #3 should be coming today. I dont think there is alot left for him to replace. Maybe Im just in a bad area and will have to live with it. Gah. I may in fact go back to DSL just cause it went down maybe 4 times in the entire year I had it.
Player0
05-25-2002, 12:07 PM
PS - All cable guys are idiots...and this guy sooo talked down to me it wasnt funny.

CableDork "Oh, so you know how to build computers but you dont know what a direct line splitter is?"

MeDork "No."

CableDork (snooty) "Hehehe thats funny."

And so on....

Maybe I was supposed to know what that was. Apparantly it bends the space time continuum so that it takes the cable signal, all 100% of it, turns it in to 150% magically, and then sends 100% to my cable modem, and 50% to my TV.

No, not quite. Its used for digital cable signals. Its like a standard 2-way splitter, except the digital side of the splitter gets 100% of the signal (i kid you not) and then there is magically enough signal left to go to the TV. And no...this thing isnt powered.

Whatever it is, its supposed to keep my cable modem more stable, since im getting more signal to it. Okay. I assume this thing is actually splitting frequencies, sending 100% of the digital frequency range to my cable modem and 0% of that range to my TV, and then 100% of the regular cable tv signal to my TV. Thats the only way I can think of this thing working... apart from bending the laws of physics.

Or this cable guy was just pulling my yank. He's still an idiot.
mdzcpa
05-25-2002, 12:10 PM
LOL:)

Ahhh... the joys of dealing with servcie technicians.:)
WesM63
05-25-2002, 06:37 PM
hey found some info on the wireless...hmm i have to be in an 8mile radius and i have to have a direct line of sight...Which is good cause i'am in that 8Mile radius but i don't know about direct line of sight...hmm 2wks and the guy will be coming!!:D
mdzcpa
05-25-2002, 06:42 PM
Praise be to the broadband gods:D!
WesM63
05-25-2002, 06:45 PM
oh i'am praying alright!! :D
Old sptw
06-06-2002, 07:55 PM
ADSL here.
Zerp3
06-09-2002, 03:03 PM
Dial up here in b.f.e

Our towns cable company advertises 4 cable internet service all the time.... but does not have the right line run though any of the town to prvide it!

Morons...

:djsmiles:
WesM63
06-09-2002, 03:31 PM
Zerp3,
At least you live in town..! If i lived in town i could have cable. But no i Live in BFE a 15min drive from any city. (oh for the jersey boys thats no traffic :D)

Glad to see a fellow o/c with a shitty connection thou :D