Had it with att DSL

[Holeshot]

Service has been terrible lately. The system has dropped to the house over 50 times in the last two weeks. I want to switch but not much out there for choices. Any deals to be had?

Need input ASAP

[Karps TA]

Is your modem just going?

I had a 2wire that was dropping in and out, and then finally just gave up the ghost. Bought a new modem and haven't had an issue since.

My DSL service is hundred times more reliable then Roadrunner ever was.

[Holeshot]

No its actually loosing the signal to the house. Ill go down ad look at the lights and every flipping time the DSL light is flashing red





I had a 2wire that was dropping in and out, and then finally just gave up the ghost. Bought a new modem and haven't had an issue since.
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What did you buy?

[pOrk]

My road runner never fails, canceled Cable though as that signal was totally shit.

[Silver03SRT]

I have the same problem. Service sucks. Reset modem about 5 times an hour

[Karps TA]

I bought a Netgear Wireless N/G modem router. Was a little more expensive but is worth it so far. My signal strength is so much better. I went from only getting a 50-60% strength in my basement for my PS3 to it being in the 90's.

[Yooformula]

I had that crap for about an hour then I reset the modem and it cleared out, no issues since except for the damm bill.lol Dan, do you have the newer modem by any chance. I had alot of issues the 2nd day of service but then a new updated modem was installed and been fine since.

[Silver03SRT]

I've reset it 3 times in 10 min now. Maybe when it comes time to pay the bill I will pro rate it for the amount of time its down

[theavenger333]

mine went out yesterday, there was some sort of upgrade happening? tech did it manually and it's fine now

[Ricky Bobby]

my rr hasnt drop out in over 3yrs :)

[Nix]

My DSL service is hundred times more reliable then Roadrunner ever was.

Mine is the complete oppsite of you. My RR has always been outstanding. In the past several years we have had it, its maybe lost its signal once. Like Pork thou, we also got rid of the cable cuz it was too fucking expensive. But we kept the RR.

[pOrk]

^ who do you use for tv? Right now we are using boxee.tv software on a computer and pulling all out TV off the internet. It rules, free cable with less commercials more or less. My Net Gear wireless router kicks ass so load time is pretty short

[88Nightmare]

I haven't had any RR problems. Same cable modem right from when we signed up 5 years ago

[97z2801ss]

^^ we have had it for 5 years two, it hasnt worked only once and that is because the box or whatever went bad. Called and they came and fixed it with in 24 hrs

[Yooformula]

my rr hasnt drop out in over 3yrs :)

I had the opposite, my hd would drop all the time especially during ppv events and I was constantly getting locked up images and would have to restart.

[GRAMPS SS]

we just got our UVERSE up and running after they did there update/upgrade and was down for 3 days...had problems before that, too many to list.....switching to RR...

[88Nightmare]

I had the opposite, my hd would drop all the time especially during ppv events and I was constantly getting locked up images and would have to restart.

he was talking about his roadrunner internet service... which is what I thought this whole thread was about :confused

[Yooformula]

he was talking about his roadrunner internet service... which is what I thought this whole thread was about :confused

yup, I wandered:goof

[GTSLOW]

Never had any issues with cable. I'll never go back to DSL.

[88Nightmare]

yup, I wandered:goof

well since you mentioned tv, we need a new alternative to directv. service is good... customer service is ok at best... prices seem WAY to high. We don't get any hbo, cinemax....etc movie channels. No HD service. 1 dvr box, 2 regular boxes (3 total). We pay about $86 a month. Seems kinda high :confused

[Ricky Bobby]

I had the opposite, my hd would drop all the time especially during ppv events and I was constantly getting locked up images and would have to restart.

well thats probably cause whoever installed ur services left u with shit ass signal and bad signal equals bad pic and also hard time ordering movies i wired my house from pole to boxes all lines ran by me havent had one prob in 5yrs of being here

[88Nightmare]

well, if bad install jobs leads to bad tv service, then maybe time warner should try to have some more accountability for their techs who do crap work.

[Ricky Bobby]

im not gonna get into this again with u i know also as the whole intraweb knows u hate twc i apologized for the bad service u had in the past if there is anything i can do in the future plz let me know and as far as i know our CS centers have gotten better noones is perfect i know that

[Yooformula]

well thats probably cause whoever installed ur services left u with shit ass signal and bad signal equals bad pic and also hard time ordering movies i wired my house from pole to boxes all lines ran by me havent had one prob in 5yrs of being here

that was a more recent issue with them, it wasnt always like that but then again they had so many blockers or boosters on my line it was stupid and they always reused shit never once running new wiring. I did like that with my att, I got new wiring EVERYWHERE and they bundled them and hid as much as they could plus installed wall jacks/ports.

[88Nightmare]

im not gonna get into this again with u i know also as the whole intraweb knows u hate twc i apologized for the bad service u had in the past if there is anything i can do in the future plz let me know and as far as i know our CS centers have gotten better noones is perfect i know that

I love roadrunner. Have had it for many years now. My experiences with Time Warner Cable (tv service)'s customer center had left me so aggravated and unsatisfied, that I will NEVER go back to them for TV service. So much so, I'd rather go without any TV service then go back to them again.


And whatever chucklehead time warner tech we had here at our house left the wiring looking like a mess. Roadrunner works just fine, but they got shit hangin down from the rafters in the basement, junk all over the place.


Seems like picking a TV service company is much like voting in politics now a days.... Just gotta pick a lesser of the evils... Either way, they all suck :thumbsup

[Ricky Bobby]

sorry bout that yoo if u come back lmk ill come do the install if not good luck to ya :thumbsup

[Holeshot]

I want to switch form DSL thats what this thread was about. I was looking for other options.

[88Nightmare]

roadrunner

[Ricky Bobby]

im with him and i could do the install ill just walk over lol :thumbsup

[British_Ben]

Road Runner is awesome. There's a thread somewhere where people were posting their speeds and Road Runner was consistently fast.

[pOrk]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/665259538.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Nix]

^ who do you use for tv? Right now we are using boxee.tv software on a computer and pulling all out TV off the internet. It rules, free cable with less commercials more or less. My Net Gear wireless router kicks ass so load time is pretty short


We decided to try Direct TV and so far so good. We had it go out one time and that was the past huge snow storm when we got roughly 15" in
Jefferson. NFL ticket was another major factor why we wanted to try Direct TV.

That sounds kick ass the way you're doing it. Is it tough to do?

[Holeshot]

im with him and i could do the install ill just walk over lol :thumbsup

Works for me. Let me know when you have the time.

[Ricky Bobby]

call in and make an appt and let me know what day its for and i can either do it that day or sooner lmk boss wont care if i do it on my day off since its a block away from the house :thumbsup

[Holeshot]

I take it you have modems at the house?

[Ricky Bobby]

i have modems in my van im a I/R II service tech i can repair and install so i carry a few of all our products :thumbsup

[07ROUSHSTG3]

my charter internet was going out every minute or so too last night. never thought that it could be the modem just taking a shit. will have to check it out tonight.

[Holeshot]

i have modems in my van im a I/R II service tech i can repair and install so i carry a few of all our products :thumbsup

Okay. I gotta pic up a switch and a router as my two wire has four ports and those branch out all over Ill let you know when I call. What kid of beer do you want?

[xxtremeteam]

my road runner also loses conection often just not sure what to do about some days it often somes days maybe once but still better than the dsl i had

[Ricky Bobby]

miller lite is fine ill have to make 2 trips though cant have none of that in the van while working, I like my job :)

[Holeshot]

miller lite is fine ill have to make 2 trips though cant have none of that in the van while working, I like my job :)

Thanks again for all your help today with the office issue and the quick install on less the 2 hours notice. Everything is working perfectly.
Your service and installation was awesome. :headbang
Killer speed compared to my att crap node signal dropping dsl
http://www.speedtest.net/result/676479082.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Ricky Bobby]

glad we could get there today and get it all hooked up for ya have to stop over in the summer to see the goat sounds like a nice machine :thumbsup

[Yooformula]

nice Dan! I think its time for me to dump the dsl soon too. I love the tv service though!

[T-Bag]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/677118347.png (http://www.speedtest.net)



AT&T's internet is junk. Their TV is alright minus the fact HD sucks complete balls and you shouldn't have to pay for that garbage. I really can't believe how much it sucks, as a former installer you wouldn't believe how many complaints I'd get. "Oh...its going to get better"...not.

Dan you must have went with a better package to get the 1 meg download?

[Ricky Bobby]

he has the turbo package from twc

[wrath]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/677118347.png (http://www.speedtest.net)



AT&T's internet is junk. Their TV is alright minus the fact HD sucks complete balls and you shouldn't have to pay for that garbage. I really can't believe how much it sucks, as a former installer you wouldn't believe how many complaints I'd get. "Oh...its going to get better"...not.

Dan you must have went with a better package to get the 1 meg download?


Don't use Germantown. It's on their own farkin' network. Of course you're going to get bling download speeds with a peer. Set it to someone in Peoples Republic of Calipornia and then post it.

[pOrk]

We decided to try Direct TV and so far so good. We had it go out one time and that was the past huge snow storm when we got roughly 15" in
Jefferson. NFL ticket was another major factor why we wanted to try Direct TV.

That sounds kick ass the way you're doing it. Is it tough to do?

Its easy, the boxee software is free all you need is a way to hook your computer up to your tv. I have a separate computer for JUST the tv, it has HDMI on the mobo. Boxee supports Netflix instant watch too for your movies viewing pleasure.

Picture is great on the HD feeds

[T-Bag]

Don't use Germantown. It's on their own farkin' network. Of course you're going to get bling download speeds with a peer. Set it to someone in Peoples Republic of Calipornia and then post it.

I'll try it when I get home...but getting 14 Mb/s to california from my GF's house. Still double att's garbage