Road Runner is cable line...but either way sounds like service now :( its really aggravating!!<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">eric</b> <<a href="mailto:eric@bootz.us">eric@bootz.us
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I have noticed a great deal of activity in the south towns Verizon<br>
trucks everywhere..<br>no dropped connections out my way just very slow connections at times,<br>maybe they are doing some kind of mass up grade hoping everyone will<br>switch to FIOS.<br><br>On another note with Verizon... doesn't the Government own the POTS
<br>lines?? If so, why does Verizon take the POTS lines out when they<br>install FIOS and claim ownership of the line?<br><br>Cyber Source wrote:<br><br>>Franklin Kumro Jr wrote:<br>><br>><br>>>Guys,<br>>>
<br>>>I am going to try to explain whats been happening as best as I can and<br>>>hopefully someone can give me some pointers. Currently I am using Time<br>>>Warner Road Runner internet service, and since they took over its been
<br>>>crappy for me. I purchased a new router (<br>>><a href="http://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/GWirelessRouters/KWGR614.aspx">http://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/GWirelessRouters/KWGR614.aspx
</a><br>>>- Open Source Version) and after one DOA got a working one. Hooked it<br>>>up and it has been working great (i think). Lately we have been<br>>>loosing our internet connection completely, I end up turning both
<br>>>router and cable modem off then on again. This usually fixes it for a<br>>>day or two, but then it happens again.<br>>><br>>>Yesterday I had to do it four times and when I was updating a fresh
<br>>>install of Ubuntu some weird download issues arose. The download<br>>>would begin and continue up to around 500kb/s but then at around the<br>>>20sec mark it would fall down to 0kb/s and then drop connection. If I
<br>>>attempted the download a couple times it would continue from where it<br>>>left off (if the software supported it) and then eventually finish.<br>>>Also sometimes the downloads would get past the 20sec mark and finish,
<br>>>sometimes not. Using the same router I have had GB's uploaded to my<br>>>computer without dropping the connection.<br>>><br>>>Does this sound like the internet connection or the router? I have had
<br>>>problems with the connection even with the old router, just not as<br>>>bad. I don't know if the service is declining (rough spot?) or the<br>>>router is crap.<br>>><br>>>--<br>>>Frank
<br>>>Shenanigans!!<br>>>I do the voodoo that I do do with sudo!<br>>><a href="http://www.syncoder.com">http://www.syncoder.com</a><br>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
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<br>>it's been a week since they said they were going to send verizon out and<br>>no word at all. I'm not sure what's going on but around Cleveland Drive<br>>area of Cheektowaga, I've got 2 people with no connection for the last
<br>>week. If the same has happened to you on both routers, I would think<br>>it's your DSL.<br>>_______________________________________________<br>>nflug mailing list<br>><a href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org">
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