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nietzsche
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5470 Posts
8/03
Posted - Nov 29 2007 : 1:01AM
I've gone like 2 years without having to reset my DSL modem. Now this week I've had to do it like 4 times. Does this mean it's going out. Also, I find that a lot of the pages I want to go to don't load; more often than usual. It's weird. Maybe I'm imagining it. Could the modem be going out?
matchmaker
Senior Member

24909 Posts
4/05
Posted - Nov 29 2007 : 1:36AM
I'm guessing that it might be the modem or maybe there could be a problem with you phone line. A little while ago, a defect in my phone line caused me problems with getting onto the Internet.
Just wanted to say that I'm not an expert at this stuff.
Bob All-Star Supporter
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5516 Posts
3/03
Posted - Nov 29 2007 : 3:49AM
I've had that problem before. In every case, it's been my phone line.
If you call your ISP's tech support, they should be able to conduct a while-you-wait line test to (try to?) determine whether it's the line or the modem.
RandomPrecision
Senior Member

Enjoy!
8175 Posts
3/06
Posted - Dec 2 2007 : 3:52PM
I'm clueless with DSL modems. Usually, mine works fine. When it doesn't, I can do little more than sit here and cuss and throw shit. That and repeatedly turning it off, unplugging it and plugging it back in....hoping that works (It usually doesn't).
When I have problems, I usually just have to let 'em work themselves out. They always do....eventually. Stupid fuckin' piece of..........
BigBobxxx
Senior Member

2681 Posts
5/04
Posted - Dec 2 2007 : 6:00PM
Agree with matchmaker... it's always the phone line/phone company's system at fault.
Don't waste your time calling them, as, they will never admit to any problems with their system.
They will, of course, want to send a technician to your house -- which you will pay for -- to check it out for you.
DSL sucks.
Get cable and be happy :)
 
Bill All-Star Supporter
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5334 Posts
6/00
Posted - Dec 2 2007 : 11:18PM
You haven't added any new equipment to your phone line have you?
I recently got a new DVR from DirecTV. I apparently didn't have my old DirecTV receiver connected to the phone line, but the new one is. There was no DSL filter on that line.
Two days after getting the new DVR, I went on vacation. When I came home, my Internet connection was really slow and my phone line had some static on it. Because it didn't happen immediately after installing the DVR, it didn't immediately occur to me that it could be the problem. After checking the phone box on the outside of my house, and finding no static, I unplugged equipment one phone line at a time, until I got to the new DVR. After realizing that it was the culprit, I realized that there was no DSL filter on that line. Installing a DSL filter took care of the problem.
If you've recently plugged a phone line onto any new equipment, try unplugging it and see if the problem goes away.
Bill All-Star Supporter
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5334 Posts
6/00
Posted - Dec 2 2007 : 11:20PM
"Happy" and "cable" are two words that are never said in the same sentence by Cablevision subscribers (unless "happy" is prefixed by "fucking un-").
nietzsche
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5470 Posts
8/03
Posted - Dec 3 2007 : 9:16PM
I could tell you what it was, but it involves P2P software, and we're not supposed to talk about that.



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