Comcast Internet

I have Bellsouth and no problems with it. I think there is some kind of satellite internet service available now. Hughes.net or something, not sure

My sister just went with BellSouth & was told they will be going DSL in another month or so.

imax71,

Verizon wireless has an excellent wireless internet service available in this area.

I have several friends who live in the Lexington area close to the Tennessee State Line that use it and say it is fantastic.

And, when traveling, they can use it on their laptops nationwide.

Comcast is the only internet i've ever used..and last summer, i had the exact same problem you are experiencing..
when it kept happening, i would call to let them know i'd had a problem, which seemed resolved..then i began asking for a service truck, each time finding a problem, and each time fixing it..
when it finally was fixed, i called and requested credit for all my missed time..they gave me free internet service for several months..when that runs out, i'll be reassessing my options for another service...
the 'fixer' for me was a new line from my house to a junction box on a utility pole in the next block..they said that too many subscribers had been put thru too few lines, and when the usage got high, my service would lose signal...

I have a service appt. for tomorrow. I forgot to say that I am on my 4-5 modem in less than a year and a half. I'm not sure about the Verison wireless since I have more than one computer. I'll have to research that.
Thanks all for you ideas and experiences.

We have comcast. I purchased my own modem, a Motorola SBG900 with the router built in. After initial set up it worked fine for a while but then started flaking out. The PC worked fine but the laptops had issues. I changed the channel the modem worked on and it eased the interference issue. The last week or so I haven't had a problem.

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Originally posted by Taciturn:
My sister just went with BellSouth & was told they will be going DSL in another month or so.

IN ANOTHER MONTH ???? Taciturn , I have Bellsouth DSL and have had it for 18 months or longer.

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Originally posted by Hound Dog Blues:

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Originally posted by Taciturn:
My sister just went with BellSouth & was told they will be going DSL in another month or so.

IN ANOTHER MONTH ???? Taciturn , I have Bellsouth DSL and have had it for 18 months or longer.

DSL isn't available in all areas.

We had this same issue last week. They had some kind of Node or something out at the ball field? lmao

That's all I remember the dude saying, but anyways, they switched out cable modem out, and since they fixed that node problem at the ballfield, it's been working fine.

We probably should have been credited for the time we were without, we didn't even think of that.

That's one reason last week you didn't see me around too much.

Hope they fix it for you too, Imax

~Amanda

Its always a good idea to unplug the modem for a few minutes every week or so. When Comcast does an upgrade the modem will not accept it until it is rebooted. I did that yesterday and now I am surfing fine again.

I had problems like that off and on for several months, in another town. As it happened, I lived in an apartment complex and my neighbors were stealing cable and internet, somehow outside. The cable guy got the ladder and I didn't have that problem anymore.

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Originally posted by Hound Dog Blues:
IN ANOTHER MONTH ???? Taciturn , I have Bellsouth DSL and have had it for 18 months or longer.

They don't have it in our area yet.

We have our service with Charter, we bought our own modem about 2 years ago. When service gets slow, I reboot & then it works fine.

I live 5 miles from the Southern Market that is on Cox Creek and can't get DSL. Is it only available in the city limits?

WHY WORRY ABOUT IT YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT

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Originally posted by imax71:
I live 5 miles from the Southern Market that is on Cox Creek and can't get DSL. Is it only available in the city limits?

It has to do with how close you are to a switching station? or some piece of equipment. Downtown Florence got it first because BellSouth's main switches are down on Pine Street, I believe. I know it wasn't long after that Kendale Gardens and Indian Springs got it, but they were coming off the Killen station.

I understand that DSL has a distance limit.

I have less trouble with the hs internet than I do with cable. I did have trouble in March and they had to send a guy in a truck to fix it at the pole? not sure what happened there.

I have an appointment Saturday. I bought a new modem last night because my connection has been down for a week. I thought it was the modem so I swapped it out. Spent 30 mins on the phone to get the hardware address changed only to find out it wasn't the modem. oh well.

DSL is what I use. So far its been good.

I have BellSouth and my neighbor bamachik has Comcast. Everytime someone moves in or out of our building, her internet stops working. Once a neighbor was glomming off hers, but as for the other times, she has no idea.

I have Comcast, had NO problems while living near Cox Creek. Moved to Kendale Gardens, lots and lots of problems. They have sent a tech out several times. They get it fixed......then its down....and around and around we go. They credit me for the time down.

just FYI-- comcast is having a regional partial outage right now, i can't hit wiki and all kinds of other sites from our business or my residential line.

comcast knows about it.

Thanks James,
It has been down most of the day. Good to know they are working on it.

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Originally posted by James Holden:
just FYI-- comcast is having a regional partial outage right now, i can't hit wiki and all kinds of other sites from our business or my residential line.

comcast knows about it.

I wonder why they dont tell their customers when they are going to be doing that..... I have heard that comcast is cheating ppl with their high speed anyway....... If everyone would
check their connection speed they would know if they are getting ripped or not.....

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Originally posted by Taciturn:
We have our service with Charter, we bought our own modem about 2 years ago. When service gets slow, I reboot & then it works fine.

i got charter and it messed up for 2 weeks they told me 2 times they were going to send a tech. out and no one showed up then when one did he didn't know what he was doing. he said uhhh....it might be your pc. i got a brand new pc for christmas?!?so i took it back to best buy...nothing wrong with the pc...it was charter! finally a different tech came out and the lines outside were messed up!! CHARTER SUCKS