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Re: Recent problems with Charter Pipeline service *please help*

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From: Kimberly Murphy-Smith
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 10:53
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On Mon, 06 Aug 2001 08:58:05 GMT, jgado@noslimyspam.charter.net
(Jonathan G.) wrote:
>
>Well, a few days later the speed problem was corrected, and everything 
>is fast again, but I did notice something strange about the modem.  
>Before the problem started the activity LED on the modem would only 
>come-on (or flicker) when I was sending or receiving data.  Eversince 
>my speed problems started (and even after it's been corrected) the 
>activity LED is constantly flickering as if I'm sending or receiving 
>data.  I mentioned this to a Charter tech-rep when I was calling to 
>complain, and he said it was normal (don't think so).  I've also noticed 
>that if I simply disconnect the Ethernet cable from the computer the 
>activity LED will go off.

But one of the other lights (the incoming activity light) still
flickers occasionally, right?  (I'm guessing because I've also tried
the "turn the PC off and disconnect the ethernet connection" trick.)
You're seeing activity from Code Red.  Please read the Google archives
from comp.dcom.modems.cable for the past two or three days for more
details.


Kimberly Murphy-Smith -- kamurphy@ix.netcom.com
http://members.aol.com/kimmurphy/
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