wondering if it could be a defective modem?
just a stab in the dark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tiffany D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: what's going on with comcast?
Yes, we have the bundle of phone, internet and cable. We haven't had
problems with the phone. However, we're switching to Verizon in any
case. We tried their dsl awhile ago and had problems, but since they
do cable now too, we figured we'd give them a shot. I've decided to
also keep my dialup for the next two months or so incase I need it. I
got it to work well last night, so hopefully, this means I've chosen a
reliable company for a backup. Anyway, I feel bad that all of this
has gone way offtopic. In any case, the broadband's working a bit
now, so I'm back on my Mac! yay! Btw, they said they'd come and
yesterday, no one did. We're still waiting, but as I said, we're
calling them to have the account closed. To answer your questions
about wireless, we used to have the regular cable and had the same
problem. that's one of the reasons why we switched to wireless. I
also tried connecting the wire to my Macbook when the service wasn't
working and that did nothing. At that point, even the main computer
that's hooked up to the router wasn't receiving a signal. Hopefully,
we won't have these problems with Verizon.
Later,
Tiffanitsa
On 2/11/08, Orin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So basically what that means is that the FCC supports this block? Damn.
On Feb 11, 2008, at 12:39 AM, hank smith wrote:
> comcast is blocking torrant traffic
> its under investigation buy fcc
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Orin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
> X by theblind" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 5:34 PM
> Subject: Re: what's going on with comcast?
>
>
>> One thing that us comcast users can't solve is, when downloading a
>> torrent, we get kicked from the internet and have to plug our
>> modems back in.
>>
>>
>> On Feb 10, 2008, at 5:21 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
>>
>>> hi Tiff,
>>>
>>> We need to get to the bottom of the comcast thing. Is it a
>>> wireless issue,
>>> a router issue a comcast issue???
>>>
>>> Have you for instance been able to et a connection by plugging
>>> the modem
>>> directly into your mackbook? If you can do that, can you get a
>>> connection
>>> with the modem connected to the router and your macbook connected
>>> to the
>>> router? If you cahn do that, we need to look at the wireless
>>> issue. If
>>> everything is setup right, we need to figure out what is
>>> interfering with
>>> your connection and there are plenty of possibilities and work
>>> arounds.
>>> Some MacBooks don't have much wireless range so you may need to
>>> see if you
>>> can get an usb wireless adaptor that will work with your Macbook.
>>> I think
>>> there are other options here but they are less certain to work.
>>> I also do
>>> not know if there is even a usb wireless adaptor that will work
>>> with the
>>> mac.
>>>
>>> The reason to bother with all this is that using dial up will be
>>> more of a
>>> pain than you might realize especially if there is a choice.
>>>
>>> I hope this can be sorted out. I know others have tried and
>>> died, but I've
>>> been able to successfully trouble a number of comcast issues.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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