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Article #677Re: Odd problem with @Home service
From: Brian
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:39
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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