Cable or DSL

[cbcbd]

Finally, periodically run Ad-Aware to keep the system clenan from spyware.

Using Ad-aware and Firefox (as opposed to IE), has helped me stay away from spyware. IE is a magnet for them.

 

[skijay]

I have cable for the internet and NOT for my TV. If cable "goes out" does that mean the internet connection goes out with it?

 

[ctenidae]

Skijay-
Depends on why the cable's out. If the line's down, then yeah, you'll lose internet. If it's a problem at the origin, then your internet may stay up.
In other words, hard to say.

 

[Caleb]

My Verizon cable always tests out impressively, but it routinely hangs when assessing and loading everyday websites like yahoo.com. i run firefox and ad-aware, and I've even tried eliminating the browser cache, but sometimes I have to ping a site 10 or 15 times before it will load. If this is the price of cable, it's really starting to wear on me. I can walk acoss the street and get lightning transfers with the library's DSl. C

 

[Paul]

My Verizon cable always tests out impressively, but it routinely hangs when assessing and loading everyday websites like yahoo.com. i run firefox and ad-aware, and I've even tried eliminating the browser cache, but sometimes I have to ping a site 10 or 15 times before it will load. If this is the price of cable, it's really starting to wear on me. I can walk acoss the street and get lightning transfers with the library's DSl. C

wow, that's odd...

I have Comcast cable and have yet to encounter any problems. Have you called Verizon's support? I know a pretty good English / Indian translation website. :lol:

 

[Caleb]

My Verizon cable always tests out impressively, but it routinely hangs when assessing and loading everyday websites like yahoo.com. i run firefox and ad-aware, and I've even tried eliminating the browser cache, but sometimes I have to ping a site 10 or 15 times before it will load. If this is the price of cable, it's really starting to wear on me. I can walk acoss the street and get lightning transfers with the library's DSl. C

wow, that's odd...

I have Comcast cable and have yet to encounter any problems. Have you called Verizon's support? I know a pretty good English / Indian translation website. :lol:

yeah we've been working it. right now they claim the line is noisy on my end. all my wiring has been swapped out though, so we're basically at a mexican stand-off about it. I'm ready for DSL as soon as it arrives on my side of the street... that's a crazy one too. C

 

[hammer]

Has anyone with a Cable connection had any problems with losing the connection and then having to run "repair" on the connection to get it back?

I've been having this problem for the past few weeks with a machine running Windows XP. I've done virus and spyware scans and it doesn't seem to remedy the problem.

I do plan on contacting Comcast support, but I'll need a full hour at home to troubleshoot since I'll most likely have to provide all kinds of gory details to the support rep... :x

 

[ALLSKIING]

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