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Re: Odd problem with @Home service

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From: Brian
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:39
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   That would be a local issue; cablemodem service generally is not dependent
upon traffic.

Box134 wrote:

> I doubt it. I have a 500 Mhz processor, 128 MB memory, and was having the
> same problems. It was cured, sort of, when I complained and complained. They
> replaced the modem and put me on a new domain. My downloads went from .225
> Mbps to over 1.0 Mbps instantly. However, I'm finding that cable is very
> dependent on traffic. During peak times the speed drops to half of maximum
> or less.
>
> "Matt" <mwalcoff@onecom.com> wrote in message
> news:3B9C2DBA.558E415E@onecom.com...
> > I am having trouble with my new cable modem service. Whenever I request
> > a Web page, it loads up only the first 10 KB or so -- the background or
> > the very top of the page, if anything -- then stalls. However, I have
> > been able to use e-mail without problems and am doing OK with Usenet,
> > although it stalled after loading 700 or so message headers. I tried
> > uninstalling Netscape and putting on the version of Internet Explorer
> > provided with the modem, but that did not help.
> >
> > The problem may have something to do with the age of my computer -- it's
> > an old P150 with 16MB of RAM. On the other hand, in the past I ran ISDN
> > on this computer with no problems, and I read one post from someone who
> > says he uses a 33Mhz 486.
> >
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From: Brian <bswindle@charter.net>
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Subject: Re: Odd problem with @Home service
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