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Welp. I feel like an idiot. Turns out the modem and routers are both working properly. The CAT-6 cables I bought a long time ago -- that are clearly labeled CAT-6 -- apparently aren't CAT-6 at all. The cable in question was the one going from my modem to the router. I tried several replacement ...

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Well, I spent the afternoon messing about with things.

When I connect to my PC via ethernet directly from the modem to the PC, I get the proper speeds. When I connect to my PC via ethernet from my router, speeds are reduced by a factor of 10. The IP addresses reported by SpeedTest are different ...

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EDIT: I just realized I posted about this particular issue back in 2021. It's still happening.

Hello; my cable modem is a Motorola MB8600, which I purchased new a couple of years ago.

When calling ISP tech support, however, they always tell me they don't "see" the modem online, although I can ...

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Guy came out and replaced the coax from the tap to the house. Ran a speed test and got over 100 Mbps, first time in a long time. Here's what it looks like now. Not sure what can be done about all those errors, though. This house is probably 45+ years old, and wouldn't be surprised if it didn't have ...

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Looks like our signal levels are pretty poor on some channels with lots of errors. This screenshot was taken right after powercycling the modem. I assume it's a line problem, either coming into the house, or the house's coax itself. I've removed every splitter I can get to, replaced all the ethernet ...

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Might anyone have an idea as to why my cable ISP tells me they see my modem as being offline even though my connection works? They've told me this twice now when I've called in for tech support since getting this modem (which is on the ISP's approved modem list) back in January. I recall that even ...

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I went into the supermarket today and forgot my mask; I felt far more dread about forgetting it than I likely should have, and that freaked me out. Don't like this "new normal" at all.

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It's 2017, and download-to-upload speed ratios are still this ridiculous...

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They should find a way to stream Spotify playlists into this thread.

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I've used it, but I found it eminently annoying. It requires a lot of work on the user's end; I found myself being blocked out of a lot of sites because of one or two settings I messed up.

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Expecting anything from government is the country's problem. It's grown beyond anyone's ability to control, and there is no chance those in power -- regardless of party affiliation -- will even try. For some to prosper, others must be made poor; that applies whether we're talking about money, ideals ...

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You've a lot of reading to do, Sly; your surprise seems quite naive.

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ITEM DETAILS
Bought the set, watched each disc once, decided I didn't care anymore.

SHIPPING
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Been hanging with Mad Haggis lately, I see.

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I will now start a thread about how great a president Bush was. GRENADE!

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Kind of like their commercials that try to convince me to buy a Surface over an iPad.

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I need some employee pricing.

JawZ wrote:I am an Apple employee.

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MSE. Microsoft-branded, and "free" is all most people need to hear. Seeing many people these days buying "internet security" software, brands I've never heard before that sound more like spyware than anything else.

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I've been wrong all these years? Crap.

YeOldeStonecat wrote:*fixed*
Surface read of the edges of a spinning platter....more inches per second travel past the head. Slower in the middle.

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Among other things like drive health, life remaining on the flash cells, etc., it can invoke the TRIM command manually. Helps optimize the drive. Defragging is frowned upon with SSDs strictly because of the number of disk writes it performs. Defragging a mechanical hard drive arranges the data ...

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I've only used Intel. Fast and I like their SSD cleanup utility. You'll see all kinds of one star votes on SSDs at NewEgg, people claiming the drive died after a month or whatever. I've never had any performance or longevity issues with the Intels I've purchased.

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Some of those jokes are groaners, man...but I rely on high-quality gameplay videos to determine if I'll buy game or not. Subbed your channel.

Brent wrote:and a fairly active youtube site of 175 videos - http://www.youtube.com/user/JustGaming4Us

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Those HDMI cables with 90-degree connectors are even worse. Always feel like they're going to fall out with the slightest bump.

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Dumped Facebook quite a while ago. Got sick of every friend update being about Jaeden or Braden or Kaedyn or Tucker or Tyler or whatever they named their kid. Having to back in and set up my privacy settings every time they made a slight change helped the decision as well.

Burke's one of the few ...

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Social media has dispersed the eyeballs that used to be held by forums and Usenet groups.

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Every time McAfee is uninstalled from an OEM computer, he goes a little more insane.

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Well, certainly a lot of good advice and changes to consider.

This isn't a business for me, it's a casual, "Hey, are you so-and-so's brother who knows how to fix a computer?" kind of thing. I get one, maybe two, of these a month. Usually it's a basic virus/spyware removal and cleanup for an old ...

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Selling a license might be feasible. The backup is strictly a courtesy as the agreement states, though. I'm not magnanimous enough to do a server and that kind of retention.

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Does the laptop have switchable graphics (integrated graphics that operate under light conditions, and secondary discrete video that kicks in when more power is needed)?

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Like many of you, I perform occasional cleanups/repairs on people's computers. Below is a one-page work agreement I wrote last year and revised today. Anything any of you pros think is missing?

TERMS OF SERVICE FOR COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS, CLEANUP, AND/OR REPAIR
(Revised 11/7/2012)

PRICING
All ...

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Save for (very) minor discounts offered on refurbs on the Apple Store and by resellers like Mac Mall, the cost of Apple hardware doesn't come down from MSRP (high margins, baby). Off-contract pricing is the only way to get the latest iPhone for "cheap".

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What, is this thing not over yet?

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Unless it's some esoteric computer part I need, I do all my online shopping with Amazon now. Prime is too inticing.

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******* me, I checked Amazon, found it cheaper, and with Prime I get it tomorrow for $4.00. Total is $8 cheaper than from NewEgg. Derp. Derp.

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I've been trying to buy a replacement laptop battery since yesterday evening. Tried to buy directly through Lenovo, but my (usually reliable) PayPal account would never go through.

I then found it for nearly half off at NewEgg; PayPal still didn't work, and when I tried a credit card, I get this ...

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Even better:

Zero Hedge article. http://t.co/p4YWba8S

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After thinking about it all night and making that post earlier, I said f it, and called CableOne. Yeah, the cap is ridiculous and I'll go over every month, I'll just pencil in an extra $100 or so toward internet on my monthly budget and call it good.

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I received a letter about a month ago informing me that AT&T was moving all of its home DSL customers over to U-verse. I have dry-loop DSL, and it was disabled when I came home last night because I hadn't yet called in to get the changeover process started. The AT&T rep actually made it seem like ...

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My computer work agreement, thoughts?

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