What you have now is an obvious fustercluck, and there probably won't even be any price difference.
While I can empathize with the situation, the explanation of it sounds like a suicide note.
cheers
Ping while I still can.
Do you have DSL? I went round-and-round with AT&T with my problem, including multiple technician visits, until one tech came out and installed some sort of a filter (I think) on the line coming into the house. Problem went away, although I was moody about why the previous techs didn’t do it.
Talk to you neighbors to see if they still have the problem. You must do this. If they are running fine, ask if you can bring your computer over and hookup to their connection. If it works fine, it has to be your home connection to the local equipment.
A possible cause might be your computer’s battery. Good luck with it.
did at&t line guys give you filters for every single phone jack in your house? you need one for every phone jack because they all split off the incoming line and can introduce noise onto the line. i have em on all in my house and they make a difference.
i’d also check the physical connections on whatever wiring panel/post the outside line and house line wiring connect to each other. you may want to get a new one if it’s a really old board/post.
Cable or WiFi or Dial-up?
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Several years ago, I had all kinds of problems with my cable internet. It was a relatively new concept in this small town. About every 2 years it would mess up. The first time, I had 4 different crews over a period of days trying to discover the problem. It turned out to be a ‘hub’ a couple of blocks from my house. After they got that fixed, things were okay for a couple of years.
Each time a crew came out, they started by checking the connections at the back of my desktop computer. I would tell them they won’t find anything until they back track to that hub. But, they would spend a couple of hours at my computer, at the line coming into the house, at the junction on the poll outside my house, and then eventually work their way back to the problem hub.
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Have you checked with others in your area to see whether they are having problems?
You make it sound as though you’re going to be stranded on Mars.
First off, call another internet provider.
Ditch ATT
Why don’t you just buy a new computer (not another used one) and ditch the modem altogether. Just get a Wi-Fi connection (i.e. Verizon FIOS).
Psst, you’re supposed to bribe the NSA dude who’s monitoring you.
Verizon is great, or is this an OPUS?
CC
I’ll add to your paranoia by saying that ATT is doing this on purpose to make you upgrade to their fiber optic network.
Have you noticed the white van that has been stationed outside your home for a while?
My provider went to Ethernet.
No modem. All is well, now.
DSL is hell.
Me and my Netgear 5G router.
What you have now is an obvious fustercluck, and there probably won't even be any price difference.
While I can empathize with the situation, the explanation of it sounds like a suicide note.
cheers