which tier are you going to get? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tiffany D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 6:58 PM Subject: Re: what's going on with comcast?
Yes. *smile* That's the one I mean. And I wonder if the word fios is Greek? Must look this up. On 2/11/08, David Poehlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, since you have issues when directly connected to the modem, it is > either > a modem issue or a cable issue. I didn't know verizon offered cable. Are > you talking fios? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tiffany D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 11:33 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. > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
