Posted on 06/12/2014 6:51:39 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator
The NSA is probably watching you. They disconnect when anybody else uses the computer.
Drop us a line once in awhile.
Any chance of ditching DSL and getting cable? It’s physically much more robust and supports higher speeds.
I had to get a new modem due to some changes comcast is making in the way it sends data. Things are considerably faster now that I have the new modem.
Is your DSL line the same as the phone line? Is the line clear when you make a regular phone call?
What you describe is like when ants built their nest in my closest termination box. The data would stream intermittently, and I couldn’t figure out why I had problems. But when I took a phone call, and couldn’t understand person I was talking to because of all the extraneous noise, I called the provider, and they evicted the ants. Everything cleared up after that.
Seriously I hope they find the problem, you always bring an interesting perspective to things.
I’m in agreement.
Even though cable is a questionable investment, and I’m always (this) close to dropping it.
The internet is quite good however.
try speedtest . net
I have DSL and it works fine.
Yup. Sorry.
First, get the Status off the Modem. On AT&T this is at http://192.168.1.254/ I go to Broadband (status) to see what the deal is. Typically you have too lines and I had one going down a lot. If you have a downed line, lets say on line 2 a lot, tell them it is line 2.
What really gets the phone company is when you say the LED for Line 2 (if that's the problem) is at it again. Then you can call them again when they do the minor fix that doesn't fix it and get them to upgrade the Line Port(s). Under Status, look at CRC errors. They shouldn't be going up fast except during a storm.
And that's the problem with Copper wires, they are susceptible to RFI (think storms). So pray for Fiber Optic as that is the only really good thing these days.
My DSL got much better when they upgraded my line ports. The Line 2 and line syncing problems went away.
Comcast was disconnecting me eight to a dozen times a day a couple of months back.
Ive made no changes in software nor hardware. The problem finally just slid out of sight
All my best.
PEBKAC error
Have you updated the computer’s video card lately? Or any of the other drivers or sofware that runs your computer?
From your description I presume you have reinstalled your OS and/or removed malware and do not have virus.
If so then perform speed test of your DSL. can do that via online tests
if technicans are saying there is no problem this sounds odd to me if you are consistently getting good speed on your tests.
What about the deep security scans by several different programs?
Did the guy at the shop absolutely assure you that it isn’t malware?
I went through months of the same type thing several years ago. I kept buying new equipment and my ISP sent repair crews out repeatedly. Finally a competent crew identified the culprit as a tiny corroded coupler outside of my home.
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