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Generally Speaking => Power On => Topic started by: Judas on November 07, 2007, 10:18:28 PM

Title: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Judas on November 07, 2007, 10:18:28 PM
Qwest/MSN. For the past five evenings, my internet has been dead from about 5 'till 10-12 sometime. It's extremely irritating. They're doing "maintenance", which really means "being cheapasses and not having adequate resources to handle all their customers, and saying intercourse  you to random ones who they don't feel like giving service".

The worst part is that I live in a strange area that for various reasons can't get internet besides through the phone lines (i.e., no cable or satellite, although satellite sucks anyway), so I'm stuck on poopty Qwest/MSN DSL eternally.  :robotsad:

Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Super on November 07, 2007, 10:40:16 PM
I have NetZero dial-up. It sucks ass. No DSL services in my area.

So frustrating.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: えっちーせんぱい on November 07, 2007, 11:01:30 PM
My DSL would just lose its connection randomly at any given point in the day, mutiple times daily, sometimes, even before it would connect again.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: on November 08, 2007, 01:48:44 AM
My DSL works just fine.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Zovistograt on November 08, 2007, 06:06:46 AM
I've got Optimum Online...it's quite reliable but since we have Optimum Voice too, if my mom's on the phone the Internet slows down :P

or maybe that's because the phone is wireless and I'm on a laptop...or a combination of the two.  Whatever.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: えっちーせんぱい on November 08, 2007, 07:39:06 AM
Quote from: Zovistograt on November 08, 2007, 06:06:46 AM
I've got Optimum Online...it's quite reliable but since we have Optimum Voice too, if my mom's on the phone the Internet slows down :P

or maybe that's because the phone is wireless and I'm on a laptop...or a combination of the two.  Whatever.
Not like your laptop is using all of the 54mbps speed anyway, the phone calls wouldn't use that much either...
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Mystic on November 08, 2007, 07:43:23 AM
I have Qwest DSL. Works perfectly fine.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: えっちーせんぱい on November 08, 2007, 07:51:13 AM
Quote from: Mystic Swampert on November 08, 2007, 07:43:23 AM
I have Qwest DSL. Works perfectly fine.
Digital Subscriber lines are slow.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Mystic on November 08, 2007, 07:51:49 AM
Quote from: Blaziken on November 08, 2007, 07:51:13 AM
Quote from: Mystic Swampert on November 08, 2007, 07:43:23 AM
I have Qwest DSL. Works perfectly fine.
Digital Subscriber lines are slow.
Nope.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Silverhawk79 on November 08, 2007, 07:53:15 AM
I've got SBC Yahoo! DSL...it's alright, but it could be faster.
No service outages, though.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Zovistograt on November 08, 2007, 07:53:30 AM
Quote from: Blaziken on November 08, 2007, 07:39:06 AM
Quote from: Zovistograt on November 08, 2007, 06:06:46 AM
I've got Optimum Online...it's quite reliable but since we have Optimum Voice too, if my mom's on the phone the Internet slows down :P

or maybe that's because the phone is wireless and I'm on a laptop...or a combination of the two.  Whatever.
Not like your laptop is using all of the 54mbps speed anyway, the phone calls wouldn't use that much either...
must be all the wireless crap in the house then D:
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: LightShock on November 08, 2007, 07:53:39 AM
Quote from: Blaziken on November 07, 2007, 11:01:30 PM
My DSL would just lose its connection randomly at any given point in the day, mutiple times daily, sometimes, even before it would connect again.
Mine does the same thing. It's so annoying when Im in the middle of something and it says "connection unavailable" :(
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: えっちーせんぱい on November 08, 2007, 08:14:40 AM
Quote from: LightShock on November 08, 2007, 07:53:39 AM
Quote from: Blaziken on November 07, 2007, 11:01:30 PM
My DSL would just lose its connection randomly at any given point in the day, mutiple times daily, sometimes, even before it would connect again.
Mine does the same thing. It's so annoying when Im in the middle of something and it says "connection unavailable" :(
Try gaming with it, it's annoying as hell.

Quote from: Zovistograt on November 08, 2007, 07:53:30 AM
Quote from: Blaziken on November 08, 2007, 07:39:06 AM
Quote from: Zovistograt on November 08, 2007, 06:06:46 AM
I've got Optimum Online...it's quite reliable but since we have Optimum Voice too, if my mom's on the phone the Internet slows down :P

or maybe that's because the phone is wireless and I'm on a laptop...or a combination of the two.  Whatever.
Not like your laptop is using all of the 54mbps speed anyway, the phone calls wouldn't use that much either...
must be all the wireless crap in the house then D:
No, your Connection just probably sucks.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Hiei on November 08, 2007, 09:23:23 AM
I've got Comcast. who I intercourse ing hate. I wish we could get FiOS out here.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Zovistograt on November 08, 2007, 09:27:15 AM
Quote from: Blaziken on November 08, 2007, 08:14:40 AM
Quote from: LightShock on November 08, 2007, 07:53:39 AM
Quote from: Blaziken on November 07, 2007, 11:01:30 PM
My DSL would just lose its connection randomly at any given point in the day, mutiple times daily, sometimes, even before it would connect again.
Mine does the same thing. It's so annoying when Im in the middle of something and it says "connection unavailable" :(
Try gaming with it, it's annoying as hell.

Quote from: Zovistograt on November 08, 2007, 07:53:30 AM
Quote from: Blaziken on November 08, 2007, 07:39:06 AM
Quote from: Zovistograt on November 08, 2007, 06:06:46 AM
I've got Optimum Online...it's quite reliable but since we have Optimum Voice too, if my mom's on the phone the Internet slows down :P

or maybe that's because the phone is wireless and I'm on a laptop...or a combination of the two.  Whatever.
Not like your laptop is using all of the 54mbps speed anyway, the phone calls wouldn't use that much either...
must be all the wireless crap in the house then D:
No, your Connection just probably sucks.
no, it's quite fast when the phone is not in use.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: ME86 on November 08, 2007, 09:32:15 AM
Hm, that's odd, I use Qwest/MSN too and I haven't experienced any of those problems.  ::)


Though, my service isn't as fast as I'd like it to be, I get like 1.3 Mbps download and like 300 Kbps for uploads. >_>
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Sabby on November 08, 2007, 09:35:40 AM
i have broadband/cable internet, the only problem is that whenever my mom uses the wireless phone i lose the connection completely on my laptop, but i figured out that it does that because the wireless phone and the router run of the exact same channel, so when my mom uses the phone, it somehow blocks the router out or something. :(
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: えっちーせんぱい on November 08, 2007, 09:37:53 AM
Quote from: SBSTN1 on November 08, 2007, 09:35:40 AM
i have broadband/cable internet, the only problem is that whenever my mom uses the wireless phone i lose the connection completely on my laptop, but i figured out that it does that because the wireless phone and the router run of the exact same channel, so when my mom uses the phone, it somehow blocks the router out or something. :(
So change it, not hard to do.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Zovistograt on November 08, 2007, 09:41:33 AM
Quote from: SBSTN1 on November 08, 2007, 09:35:40 AM
i have broadband/cable internet, the only problem is that whenever my mom uses the wireless phone i lose the connection completely on my laptop, but i figured out that it does that because the wireless phone and the router run of the exact same channel, so when my mom uses the phone, it somehow blocks the router out or something. :(
whoa, same exact thing for me sometimes.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Sabby on November 08, 2007, 09:42:56 AM
Quote from: Blaziken on November 08, 2007, 09:37:53 AM
Quote from: SBSTN1 on November 08, 2007, 09:35:40 AM
i have broadband/cable internet, the only problem is that whenever my mom uses the wireless phone i lose the connection completely on my laptop, but i figured out that it does that because the wireless phone and the router run of the exact same channel, so when my mom uses the phone, it somehow blocks the router out or something. :(
So change it, not hard to do.
buy a whole new phone, mom won't do it. buy a whole new router, mom defiantly won't do it. change the channel of the phone/router, wont work, both only run in a 2.4 GHz range. oh, and it also messes up the wi-fi on my wii. :(
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Sabby on November 08, 2007, 09:44:52 AM
Quote from: Zovistograt on November 08, 2007, 09:41:33 AM
Quote from: SBSTN1 on November 08, 2007, 09:35:40 AM
i have broadband/cable internet, the only problem is that whenever my mom uses the wireless phone i lose the connection completely on my laptop, but i figured out that it does that because the wireless phone and the router run of the exact same channel, so when my mom uses the phone, it somehow blocks the router out or something. :(
whoa, same exact thing for me sometimes.
i hate it worse when it happens to the  wifi on my wii, i could be in the middle of a MSC match, and my mom will use the phone then it will lag really bad then lose the connection. :(
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: えっちーせんぱい on November 08, 2007, 09:45:33 AM
Quote from: SBSTN1 on November 08, 2007, 09:42:56 AM
Quote from: Blaziken on November 08, 2007, 09:37:53 AM
Quote from: SBSTN1 on November 08, 2007, 09:35:40 AM
i have broadband/cable internet, the only problem is that whenever my mom uses the wireless phone i lose the connection completely on my laptop, but i figured out that it does that because the wireless phone and the router run of the exact same channel, so when my mom uses the phone, it somehow blocks the router out or something. :(
So change it, not hard to do.
buy a whole new phone, mom won't do it. buy a whole new router, mom defiantly won't do it. change the channel of the phone/router, wont work, both only run in a 2.4 GHz range. oh, and it also messes up the wi-fi on my wii. :(
Sucks for you :)
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Sabby on November 08, 2007, 09:51:01 AM
Quote from: Blaziken on November 08, 2007, 09:45:33 AM
Quote from: SBSTN1 on November 08, 2007, 09:42:56 AM
Quote from: Blaziken on November 08, 2007, 09:37:53 AM
Quote from: SBSTN1 on November 08, 2007, 09:35:40 AM
i have broadband/cable internet, the only problem is that whenever my mom uses the wireless phone i lose the connection completely on my laptop, but i figured out that it does that because the wireless phone and the router run of the exact same channel, so when my mom uses the phone, it somehow blocks the router out or something. :(
So change it, not hard to do.
buy a whole new phone, mom won't do it. buy a whole new router, mom defiantly won't do it. change the channel of the phone/router, wont work, both only run in a 2.4 GHz range. oh, and it also messes up the wi-fi on my wii. :(
Sucks for you :)
yes it does. :)
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: Wolf on November 08, 2007, 10:15:05 AM
Quote from: Hiei on November 08, 2007, 09:23:23 AM
I've got Comcast. who I intercourse ing hate. I wish we could get FiOS out here.

I don't see why everyone hates comcast. I've had it for quite some time and I've had little problems.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: sleepin_dude_99 on November 08, 2007, 01:07:01 PM
Phone : Time Warner
ISP : RoadRunner (Time Warner)
TV : DirecTV

Freaking awesome combo ^_^
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: ME86 on November 08, 2007, 01:20:35 PM
Quote from: Kilroy on November 08, 2007, 01:07:01 PM
Phone : Time Warner
ISP : RoadRunner (Time Warner)
TV : DirecTV

Freaking awesome combo ^_^

Hmm, what's RoadRunner like?
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: sleepin_dude_99 on November 08, 2007, 01:28:37 PM
Quote from: ME86 on November 08, 2007, 01:20:35 PM
Quote from: Kilroy on November 08, 2007, 01:07:01 PM
Phone : Time Warner
ISP : RoadRunner (Time Warner)
TV : DirecTV

Freaking awesome combo ^_^

Hmm, what's RoadRunner like?
It's cable.

I'm getting 100.0 Mbps at almost all times, never had a problem.

Well, except the darned 70 or so dollar price tag.

Fucking money hogs that are Time Warner -_-
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: ME86 on November 08, 2007, 01:39:51 PM
Quote from: Kilroy on November 08, 2007, 01:28:37 PM
Quote from: ME86 on November 08, 2007, 01:20:35 PM
Quote from: Kilroy on November 08, 2007, 01:07:01 PM
Phone : Time Warner
ISP : RoadRunner (Time Warner)
TV : DirecTV

Freaking awesome combo ^_^

Hmm, what's RoadRunner like?
It's cable.

I'm getting 100.0 Mbps at almost all times, never had a problem.

Well, except the darned 70 or so dollar price tag.

Fucking money hogs that are Time Warner -_-

speedtest.net (http://speedtest.net)

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/200303630.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

That's mine. ;-;
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: girlovesnintendo on November 08, 2007, 02:29:43 PM
Man, that sucks. Im sorry. Our internet never goes down. We have it through charter. Very very fast.
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: sonicdude164 on November 08, 2007, 02:31:45 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on November 08, 2007, 06:06:46 AM
I've got Optimum Online...it's quite reliable but since we have Optimum Voice too, if my mom's on the phone the Internet slows down :P

or maybe that's because the phone is wireless and I'm on a laptop...or a combination of the two.  Whatever.
I have Optimum online but I think AT&T for phones so I'm good
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: sleepin_dude_99 on November 08, 2007, 03:59:19 PM
Quote from: ME86 on November 08, 2007, 01:39:51 PM
Quote from: Kilroy on November 08, 2007, 01:28:37 PM
Quote from: ME86 on November 08, 2007, 01:20:35 PM
Quote from: Kilroy on November 08, 2007, 01:07:01 PM
Phone : Time Warner
ISP : RoadRunner (Time Warner)
TV : DirecTV

Freaking awesome combo ^_^

Hmm, what's RoadRunner like?
It's cable.

I'm getting 100.0 Mbps at almost all times, never had a problem.

Well, except the darned 70 or so dollar price tag.

Fucking money hogs that are Time Warner -_-

speedtest.net (http://speedtest.net)

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/200303630.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

That's mine. ;-;

I feel sorry for you D:

The again, my ISP is about 15 or so minutes away from me >_>
Title: Re: I hate my ISP.
Post by: えっちーせんぱい on November 08, 2007, 04:28:41 PM
Quote from: Kilroy on November 08, 2007, 01:28:37 PM
Quote from: ME86 on November 08, 2007, 01:20:35 PM
Quote from: Kilroy on November 08, 2007, 01:07:01 PM
Phone : Time Warner
ISP : RoadRunner (Time Warner)
TV : DirecTV

Freaking awesome combo ^_^

Hmm, what's RoadRunner like?
It's cable.

I'm getting 100.0 Mbps at almost all times, never had a problem.

Well, except the darned 70 or so dollar price tag.

Fucking money hogs that are Time Warner -_-
No one offers 100mbps at 70 dollars, that's the Ethernet speed you dumbass.