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microsoft is starting to put those in everything

not a huge fan of it on xbox

New service provider set up today. So !

Switched to telus from shaw.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

shitty internet connection or shitty customer service or both?  what kind of modem did you have?

Both, internet connection had huge and unacceptable packet loss problems during and peak usage periods, (got 41% packet loss the other night). Apparently they have node line congestion issues that they just aren't fixing fast enough.

Customer service was the worst I've ever experienced, I'm pretty damn sure they were trolling me, which isn't really acceptable for a company you have given thousands of dollars to. 4 months of getting the run around from them, when the issue was on their end. Not to mention how hard it is to get a hold of them...

All in all, I thought Telus was bad when I left them before, Shaw was good when it was good, but when it got bad, it got really bad...

also: SB1502 cable modem.

Last edited by -Whiteroom- (2012-01-13 19:33:55)

CapnNismo wrote:

Dilbert_X wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

MS is showing off W8 right now

dear god they couldn't make it any more obvious they're trying to emulate OSX

Been doing it since Windows 0

Really? They were emulating OSX before OSX even existed? /facepalm But honestly, if you guys think any of the OS's are 100% original, you need to wake the fuck up.

And Apple copied Xerox, so fair's fair.

So we started wiring the house today.  We have a total of 9 RJ-45 ports in the house and maybe a 10th for the Sprint Airvana.







We ran out of Cat 6 cable so we had to run and get Cat 5e instead.  I'm hoping I get my 16 port switch tomorrow as well as the Airvana.

CC-Marley wrote:

Naturn wrote:

CC-Marley wrote:

Question guys. I've just moved to an apartment that uses the cable from the main house. I just learned that I can't use a second modem for my pc and their wireless signal is less than perfect at my location. How are those wifi signal boosters I've read about? Anybody have any experience with them. Or any suggestions on what I can do? I hate wifi.

What ISP is it?  Some ISPs allow more than 1 cable modem per account.  I do know that Comcast allows more than one now.  You just have to pay the additional rental cost for the second modem.

Everything I've read of the Comcast forum says otherwise. Oh well. Does WiFi suck for gaming?

Well the funny thing is I called Comcast AND talk to a tech that installed the cable at my house.  They both told me I could get a second one.  However, it might be official policy not too.  Yes, wireless is generally not good for gaming.  It would even more so with a repeater.

You might get better latency if it was in the 5Ghz range, because the 2.4Ghz range is very crowed right now.

Edit: If you can get a second modem ask for a DOCSIS 3.0 modem.(Comcast)  Comcast every couple years, upgrades certain tiers of their internet speeds.  It would be far less trouble to take advantage of those free upgrades if you had a new modem.  Its not extra charge ether for one.

Last edited by Naturn (2012-01-16 17:59:18)

It's an apartment off their garage. About 80-100 ft away form their modem/router. Comcast would think of it as another address if I called them and I'm not drilling holes in my new landlords house. I may have to find a new place........

CC-Marley wrote:

It's an apartment off their garage. About 80-100 ft away form their modem/router. Comcast would think of it as another address if I called them and I'm not drilling holes in my new landlords house. I may have to find a new place........

Did you ask your landlords if you could get cable installed?  Mine back when I had my own place allowed me to do so.

The question still stands.  Will they allow you to have Comcast come out and install a separate account?

Because, it would give you a much better connection than running wireless.  I mean unless you want to run a network cable from their house.(Max 295ft.)

Hopefully I didn't come off the wrong way, just trying to help.