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Your are the third person that replied saying that they exeperienced the
same 'phenomenon' during the same time window.  Two others responed to me
privately.  One is in San Mateo, one is in Belmont.  I'm in San Carlos.

Based on these replies, I'm up in the air as to whether or not to let attbi
change out the modem on Wednesday.  I hate to have them change anything.  If
they do, it could be days before I'm back up, or it could be minutes.  Never
know.

One other thing that happened to me last night is that all of my family's
AOL Instant Messenger connections went down.  We all have the IM message
"Connection Lost".  When we try to connect, it hangs for a while and then
says can't connect.

I can, however connect with these screen names on non-attbi machines.  I
believe IM uses port 5190.  Could attbi be blocking that?

Bruce


"Miguel Sanchez" <msanchez@noneofyourbusiness.org> wrote in message
news:pan.2002.07.13.21.28.39.944679.8216@noneofyourbusiness.org...
> Wow, that is exactly what happened to mine about 2 days ago.  Although
> the rca dcm105 has never really performed flawlessly for me, this is the
> first time it's behaved this way.  Anyway, the AC adapter doesn't seem
> any warmer than the others on my strip.
>
> You might want to check on the pricing structure for subscribers who
> purchase their own modems.  I seem to remember one of the big ISPs
> recently cutting out most of the benefits of owning modems.  I don't
remember if
> it was ATT, Comcast, or another...
>
> I'd be interested to know how the new modem works.  I've had nothing but
> trouble with ATTbi support and dread the thought of having to make
> another call or use their online chat feature.  The latter usually
> results in them writing to me saying i should power cycle the modem and
> type back the results :)
>
> oh, I'm in the bay area as well.  Sorry I'm not more helpful.
>
> Marc
>
> On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 19:50:30 -0700, Bruce G. Karnacki wrote:
>
> > Here's the problem:
> >
> > I have my originally issued (12/99 - @home) RCA DCM105 cable modem. It's
> > been working like a champ until today.
> >
> > Twice in the last few hours, all the lights go out, including the power
> > light.  Pushing the on-off button does nothing.  The only thing that
> > will get it back on is to remove power at the ac adapter plug and
> > replug, or unplug the ac adapter from the wall and replug it.  I don't
> > have to wait any period of time.
> >
> > I have noticed that the adapter is very warm, warmer than most ac
> > adapters that I have, but I don't know how warm it normally is, since
> > it's always on the floor.  It's rated output is 16VDC, 1000mA.  I will
> > try another generic variable adapter, if I can find one, but that may be
> > hard.
> >
> > Has anyone experienced this type of modem behavior?
> >
> > ATTBI is scheduled to come out on next Wednesday, and I suspect they
> > will replace the modem, IF it is not working when they come.  I am
> > tempted to buy my own modem, but with the Comcast soon taking over, I'd
> > hate to have one that they don't recommend.
> >
> > If you're in the SFBay Area, do you know what modem is standard issue
> > these days?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bruce Karnacki