I've had internet service through my cable company for several years. Recently I hooked up to the cable phone service. They switched out my modem for a slightly bigger one that serves the computer and the phone. It's sitting under my computer table on top of the UPS. I have noticed that since getting cable phone my internet service is much more reliable. I guess they put folks with cable phone on a higher priority to maintain service so that both phone and internet stay on.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: m...@maxsmusicplace.com Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betsy Whitney" <braill...@hawaii.rr.com> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 2:30 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] using a cable phone > Aloha Lee, > I have my phone through my cable company and it has been fairly > reliable. I do have another phone in the house that is with the local > phone company because it is a business phone and our cable company > only provides residential lines. > > I don't have anything resembling a little silver box on my system. I > only have the modem that does have three wires, one that goes to the > phone, one that goes to the cable coming into the house, and a power > cord. I have learned that if I am having trouble with my phone, I can > unplug the power cord for about 30 seconds, plug it back in, wait > about a minute, and that usually fixes the problem. > > Yes, I thought that was a well stated and thought provoking rant, > congratulations... > Betsy > At 09:28 PM 2/19/2009, you wrote: > > > >>In recent months Ray, betsy and Lenny have posted inferior products >>coming mostly out of China. I have found this same problem here in my >>house trying to maintain , with the cable company, the use of a cable >>phone. I have talked to David and others who have cable phones and they >>have no problem. Not sure if my own cable company has just bought the >>cheapest crap on the market but case in point is " that silver box, >>you know the one" don't you just hate that , if you cannot see black and >>white or the end of your nose that you and I are going to know about >>that silver box location. Thru many many home visits by cable vision >>techs I now know that the silver box. which has a three wire connection >>, is a part of the telephone relay connection. this little silver box >>feels like a 9 volt battery but maybe a bit wider but not much taller. >>when I get or have a weak signle . they, the cable company want me to >>unplug the silver box and wait 30 seconds and then plugh it back. in. >>Now keep in mind they are watching what I do from their office computer >>and sometimes watching me right here in the house. the last time they >>were in person replacing the silver box they opened three plastic >>packages before they found one that worked and showed a good wave >>length back inside their office and on the cable techs devices. >>Interesting. then they detect a modem problem but they ae not so easy in >>passing out a new cable /phone modem , but again, they come from China >>packed in the USA and inside China. I guess I am telling you all of >>this so next time you talk to a tech on the phone about your high speed >>computer and or your cable phone and that service tech in a office >>asks you to test that silver box. " you know the one setting on top of >>your monitor.Education, education, education is what we need to do as >>blind handymen and women to let some service techs that we are not >>exactly stupid but only blind. Now how was that for a happy rant ? Lee >> >>-- >>Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster >>than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. >>It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. >>It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle: when the sun comes >>up, you'd better be running. >>Are you curious? Visit my web site: >><http://www.sedac.mailsent.net>http://www.sedac.mailsent.net >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links > > > >
