I think what i'm seeing here is a mix of problems and kudos. Seems like AT&T and Comcast have pretty much the same fail rate and progress rate. The problem here is... AT&T and Comcast are our only options and why can't we, the consumer, allow another entity to come in... say Verizon to sort of bump up the competitiveness.
Personally, i've been a Comcast subscriber since 1989 (viacom, whatever) and have had just internet service since 1999. The house i'm living in has been wired up for cable since 1982-93. I've had one major problem with comcast and it was only because of the Pole to house wire and ever sicne then i've had zero problems out of my internet line. I don't have cable tv service because frankly I don't need it, i can download anything I wish to watch. My comcast bill has roughly stayed the same (57.95), I get excellent pings to my WoW servers (42ms to one, 83ms to another), and while $58 may seem excessive for just internet, I use it for a lot of things (skype phone, torrents, web work, etc). I can't say i've never had a problem with Comcast, but with a bit of patience and persistance, i've managed to keep my internet connection stable. Personally, i'd suggest to the OP to take out any splitters, run a new cable from the outside to the cable modem. Reset the cable modem, and try again. Also, release your IP from the cable modem, spoof a MAC address, and renew DHCP lease with comcasst to get another IP address and hopefully new gateway. The way comcast looks at it is, ok, your neighbors, are they having troubles? No, then it must be isolated and it is customer fault. So before you call them next, ensure that it is not customer fault and then explain your troubleshooting method to a knowledgeable tech. It took me a few times to get a tech that knew what they were talking about. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
