Re: ISP woes

I've heard of headaches with all companies. I think much has to do with your location as to how good one company or another is. I don't use anything wireless, so I can't contribute to the discussion. I've had comcast for years and it's always been great and less expensive than the others. 

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <islandjim1@comcast.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] ISP woes



Yeah I was told that, too--mostly by Comcast. I had Verizon DSL for a
few years before moving here and I can tell you it was more reliable
and faster than anything Comcast has provided. And never once did it
dump me in the middle of a banking transaction.


On Dec 10, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Daryl wrote:


Comcast seems to have problems with old lines, but I've had Comcast
service for years, and before that, Adelphia, the company that they
bought. I just used a cable modem and a router.  They've recently
replaced the drops and the house lines, and the latest is that they
think there's something with an amp someplace. I have the
supervisor's personal phone number now so that I can call the next
time it happens and he can get a crew out to track it down. (When it
works, it is very, very good. When it doesn't, it leaves me with no
phone and no internet service.

I wish you good luck with Quest. I've been told that once you've
experienced good cable, DSL is like a snail.

d


----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <islandjim1@comcast.net
>
To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 2:41 PM
Subject: [CHAT] ISP woes



I've had problems connecting to, and staying connected to, the
internet ever since I got here. My sister's computer, which is not
wifi enabled, was hard-wired to a Comcast modem. So the sensible
thing  seemed to be to swap out the Comcast modem for something
called a  "gateway," which turns out to be a unit that combines a
modem with a  router. My computer, which is about 30 feet down the
hall from hers,  is wifi enabled.

The result has been that sometimes I can connect and sometimes I
can't. Comcast has sent techies out three times, the last one
swapped  out the gateway contraption. No improvement. I shipped my
computer off  to the regional Apple repair lab for diagnostics
tests; they reported back--"everything works fine; no problem." No
change, either.

Then I thought it might be my weather station, that the frequency
it  uses to communicate with the outdoor sensors was compromising
the  internet signal from the gateway. So I disabled the weather
station.  No change.
So today--nearly 8 months from the onset of all this aggravation-- I gave up and called Quest. They will be here Monday to install a 
DSL  line.


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