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Try Warftp at WAR FTP


It's free and fairly simple

It's a redneck thing

You know you got a good job when one of the bragging points is you got a van with Air. GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN!!!!!!!

Get a new job. Cable is the biggest dead end job and the pay sucks.

Has anyone even done a trace route yet to see where you are losing packets at?

Hmmm could it be that signal strength is a connectivity issue and not a speed one?

Nah too simple

Actually uncapping can't be likened to stealing extra channels because there is no option (yet but it is in the works) to buy more bandwidth.

Not really an issue on leased modems, if you open and screw with it you bought it plain and simple.

True it is and I agree with it BUT I (and I am sure ...

Uncapping might be a taboo topic on this board but it's not illegal. Definately a violation of any intelligently written TOS but Illegal? Come on.

Personally I'd like to know if it is possible to hardwire a modem to ignore the cap. I don't think it's possible and as with most other posts on ...

Why not?

Who was it that posted that thread, Mystic?

Didn't He/She say that the complaint got forwarded to a number of states?

I find it funny that not one bit of news ever came of this. I could of very easily of missed it cause I don't watch the news everyday but I do read alot of news sites and never saw ...

Here's the big fact that everyone seems to miss on this board:

It doesn't matter who the ISP is, @home and RR generally use the same policies in regards to capping and what not.

It doesn't matter who the cable company is, they also generally use the same policies from franchise to francise.

What ...

I think it depends on the cable company as to whether it's a local problem or not. I had a problem with comcast@home on the 3rd and it was a local problem, not the cable but the feed into the headend.

If you are getting the run around from the tech support call up the local company and talk to the ...

Original question from neggo:

Is there anyway to use an amp on a cable modem?

The answer is yes you can.

Will it fry your modem?

No it won't unless it is back feeding voltage which they are not supposed to do.

Is there any good reason to put one on?

99 times out of a 100 the answer is no in ...

Originally posted by Lobo:
Do not use anything to change the signal coming to your modem. To much signal will slow you down.

Wrong answer, try again.

Originally posted by neggo78:
In what way could it cause problems?
I know my modem can go faster my limit is 190 but sometimes it jumps to 213 and higher and immediatly drops down under 190 again.
I'ts like ther's some kind of build in limit
that won't let you go above a certain download limit ...

Originally posted by MosDef112:
. Cable Internet uses a different spectrum and a different band, and will not even recognize any amps present on your line. In short, the answer is no.

Wrong Answer, try again

Actually the answer is yes but it won't do you any good and could cause problems

Have you tried tech support yet?


Also b4 you get the idea that you are suffering from node congestion <rolleyes> run a traceroute to see where the problem actually is.

Yes they do. When they say "homes passed" they mean all of them, not just the ones that subscribe to cable.

Originally posted by youbecha:
How many different cable companies are there.
(yahoo lists 37)

the big ones are.
Time Warner
CableVision
COX

Time Warner bought out TCI. (and merged with AOL)

There are some small mom and pop outfits in remote areas, but every location I have lived (6 different ...

Yeah you could have a short on the cord, uncommon but not unheard of, specially if the system you are in uses more than 1 type of modem and they use different voltage.

Is the power going off on the modem too? If that is the case did they swap the power cord when they swapped the modem?

You shouldn't be losing power to the modem even if you are losing synch. Then again I've never worked with a surfboard b4 so it could be just they way that one works.

How can you blame the installer for that? You should of had that fixed b4 he got there, I would of. What should he have done, wait while you piddled with it? If you say yes how long should he have waited? What about the other installs he had? Screw everyone else cause someone couldn't be bothered by ...

Originally posted by glc1:
Phone lines are everywhere too, and cable systems are outdated (still analog). Fiber is the wave of the future, however, we have a few years to go before cost is no longer an issue. BTW, repeaters for DSL are in developement and are said to increase availability to match ...