My battle with Earthlink

[Derek Trotter]

The problem remained when I removed the zyxel modem earthlink sent me 
and replaced it with the netgear modem I got from AT&T.  Thanks for the 
offer of a loaner, but I'll decline.  The way my luck goes, the post 
office, Fedex or whoever would loose it somewhere between Phoenix and 
Tennessee. Then I'd owe you a new one.  Recently I bought something from 
newegg.  They sent it from their facility in Memphis.  It went to St. 
Louis then back to Memphis.  Then it went somewhere in Georgia.  From 
there it went to Knoxville.   At least by this point it was headed in 
the right direction.  I got it the next day.  I'm stuck in a little 
place called Jellico that makes Gila Bend look like a big city.  It's 
right next to I75 north of Knoxville at the Kentucky state line.  In the 
90s I lived between Phoenix and Wickenburg and sent a letter to my mom 
who lived in Kentucky.  It took 3 weeks to get there.  It had a 
California, two Alaska, and a Montana postmarks on it.

On 02/18/2013 08:05 AM, Carruth, Rusty wrote:
>
> Well, I have what used to be speakeasy.
>
> My modem died once, and they sent me a <mumble> brand as a 
> replacement.  While I was waiting, I went to Goodwill and found a 
> <mumble2> modem, which I bought and used until the replacement from 
> Speakeasy showed up.
>
> So I’ve used at least 2 different manufacturer’s DSL modems and 
> they’ve worked fine, so if you can find a loaner to try you might be 
> able to get something working that way (I might even be willing to let 
> you try mine, but I need it back because I want to always have a spare 
> ready to go).
>
> I should comment that my DSL modems do NOT have a router built in - 
> you need IPCop or a netgear firewall/router (which I also have laying 
> around…) in between your DSL and your home network.  Perhaps it’s the 
> firewall/router that is the weak point of these other modems.
>
> Rusty
>
> *From:*plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org 
> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org] *On Behalf Of *Derek 
> Trotter
> *Sent:* Monday, February 18, 2013 1:00 AM
> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list
> *Subject:* Re: My battle with Earthlink
>
> Earthlink sent me a zyxel modem.  AT&T sent me one from netgear.
>
> On 02/18/2013 12:36 AM, Wayne Davis wrote:
>
>     I have CenturyLink... And a Actiontec C1000a VDSL modem.
>
>     Actiontec  SUCKS.   I _HAD_ to put it into bridge mode to get it
>     to NOT hang as you described.  It would simply go mind-dead, but
>     NOT completely.
>
>     Not only that, it would throw an error when accessing the built-in
>     webpage.  Would randomly decide NOT to save settings you gave it. 
>     JUST F'ing TRASH! Tried THREE different BRAND-NEW modems and they
>     ALL did / do it.
>
>     Worst piece of garbage I've ever had the displeasure of owning.
>
>     Wayne
>
>
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