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  • From: Victor Minton <victor AT designhammer.com>
  • To: <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Cable Modem Blues
  • Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 23:43:41 -0500

Hi,

Just ask them to replace the wire. Mine is not buried but RR now works well.
A fair trade IMHO.

Regards,

Vic Minton



on 11/8/02 10:38 PM, Thomas C. Meggs at tom AT plik.net wrote:

> I've had the exact same problem. I have had repeated connection problems
> and I'm about 100% certain that it is directly related to the wiring
> from the box to my house, and that it is simply that Time Warner is too
> lazy to fix it. They have came out repeatedly to check out my connection
> and keep 'changing things around' but they are never here for more then
> a few minutes.
>
> Regards,
> Tom
>
> Roger Austin wrote:
>
>> Okay, I've fingered all the wiring inside the house. The little yellow
>> lights continue to disappear. I go outside to the wires and mess with
>> them. Presto, kick-ass speed reappears, Linksys router is very colorful
>> and flashing. Empirically, I see a connection (pun intended.) I'll be
>> back later with more gripes if it goes out again.
>> Frankly, Nileen was really pissy about it since I disconnected her
>> dialup extolling the advantages of the high-speed connection. Well, when
>> misshunt.com can't get email, she can be a bit annoyed. Seeing that I am
>> the house geek, I have to fix it pronto.
>> Life goes back to normal for a while. Enjoy, Roger (in Raleigh)
>>
>> Steven Champeon wrote:
>>
>>> on Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:50:12PM -0500, Austin, Roger D. wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know that some of you have cable modem access with TWC RoadRunner.
>>>> We have had it about a month and it doesn't seem very reliable. How
>>>> much uptime should we expect? It seems to go down a lot. I was
>>>> expecting much higher quality than dialup, but it hasn't been the
>>>> case. Thanks, Roger
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Depends on what loop you're on and who else is on it. We're in Oakwood
>>> and using TWC-RR, and have had very few problems in the year and a half
>>> we've had it. YMMV, though.
>>>
>>
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