How many of you have cable internet?
Ever gone through a phase of your internet dropping every 10 minutes? I have and I finaly tracked down the problem I think.
I have a 3mb cable connection that has been good for over a year but lately my connection just drops about every ten minutes of if I try to download anything. You can imagine how annoying it is to post a message or try to upload changes in a theme or forum via ftp only to have it stop about 1/4 of the way through because the connection dropped. In the meantime it drops from 3mb to about 400kbs during the 10 minutes. Throughout the 3 or 4 weeks of this constantly happening I tried everything. I got a new modem, I got a new splitter, I cleaned the wires, I changed routers, I tried USB... Nothing.
Then one day while I was trying to manually go down the wire to see if there was a damaged spot, I disconnected the coax leading to my tv and it shocked the hell out of me. I also noticed as it shocked me that my internet connected quick... So I connected the wire back and started using the net again. About 10 minutes later it dropped again. So I took the wire off again, got shocked again, reset the modem and it worked fine. This time I left the wire off, but again after 10 minutes the connection dropped. Again, I reset the modem, took the wire off, let it shock me, and it connected back.
Now to clear things up, if you reset the modem with the wire connected, it would not connect. If you reset the modem with the wire off it would not connect. You could do this for hours and it wouldn't work.
So, it seems like when it electricutes me it works, like it's being grounded or something. But even though I know how to make it connect it still drops every 10 minutes or so.
So, tomorrow I'm going to my cable company to upgrade (to the new 8mb
I'm going to tell them to try these...
1. Replace all lines inside and outside of my house
2. Replace the modem (again cause it's free lol)
3. Put a booster on the line
4. Provide me with a splitter that is efficient for the new 8mb cable
hopefully this will permanently fix the problem and save me from some static and messed up hair...
Anyone else having similar problems can see this link, it helped me http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/41778
