ISP Infedelity / Touchy-Feelly Photons

[mike havens]

 I am no lover of COX (even before I lost my job) but I tend too agree with
Mark.  If 'downstairs' is underground that is a big reason. If possible put
the router in the center of your house or next tp a window. To accomplish
this You might have to have cat5 running around your house; or else  you
could run a cat5 outlet.  Go on craigslist to find someone to do that for
you. I charge 65 for a wallfish but I do everything that is asked of me. You
could post a help wanted ad and tell what you are willing to pay. If someone
comes and says that it can not be done tell them to fish the line through
the hole in the floor that the electrical conduit is going through.

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Mark Phillips
<mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>wrote:

> I am not trying to start a flame war....but the problem may not be Cox in
> this situation. I have had my share of issues with Cox over the years, but
> their customer service in my area has improved recently.
>
> From your description, it sounds as if your wireless signal cannot reach
> downstairs. Cox has nothing to do with that. I had the same problem in my
> house - I lost the signal when moving to one end of the house from the
> other. I ran a CAT 6 cable from the modem at one end of the house to the
> other end of the house and set up a second wireless nework. Now I can walk
> anywhere in the house and not loose signal strength because I bounce from
> one network to the other as needed. Works for my cell phone, too.
>
> I think you will have a faster connection with Cox than DSL with someone
> else.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Mark
>
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Tuna <tuna at supertunaman.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello there!
>>
>> First thing in the subject line comes first. My parents are looking to
>> dump the Coxload of manure that is our ISP, phone, and cable provider.
>> We are replacing the phone service with Qwest (I almost spelled it
>> correctly just now :/), the cable with DirectTV, and the internet
>> provider with... lolwut?
>>
>> They're not sure on the internet service, but I'll be the only one using
>> it, so they are leaving the decision up to me. However, I don't know
>> which ISP is the least evil and corrupt around here, so I ask you: what
>> internet service provider would YOU recommend?
>>
>> The reason my parents won't be using it is because of some demonic force
>> that causes our wireless network to be completely unreliable without
>> love or compassion. I don't know why, but we just can't get a signal
>> downstairs. We even bought a wireless signal bouncer and put it up in
>> what would seem like the perfect spot for it to be (on a ledge
>> overlooking the downstairs, where it may spread the joyous cheer that is
>> the Internet to all who are below), but we absolutely can not connect to
>> the network from downstairs. I have found that if I walk up to right
>> next to the wireless bouncer and have my laptop try connecting again,
>> and then once it's connected, walk back down to where it wouldn't work
>> before, I am able to maintain that signal for a while.
>>
>> The parents then found out that they can use their Blackberries as
>> wireless modems, so they started doing that thing. It has been very
>> reliable for them.
>>
>> The only reason for switching would be cost, but we don't want to pay
>> less for something if it's just going to be unreliable and nasty. I'm
>> looking for something that won't throttle my torrents or anything like
>> that.
>>
>> In the other half of the subject, I am currently looking for a
>> projector. As I have told some of you, I am going to build my very own
>> Microsoft-Surface-like-but-not-cuz-it-runs-Linux multitouch table. I
>> need the projector because a regular monitor wouldn't really work. See:
>> http://nuigroup.com/wiki/Hardware_List/
>>
>> My budget is... very low, and I expect to start on this project... not
>> soon. :P But if you have a projector that you would like to sell me,
>> plzing to respond to this off-list and I would be happy to discuss
>> prices. If you want to give it to me for free, then you can be my new
>> best friend.
>>
>> That was a long one...
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -tuna
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