Pete Theisen wrote:
> Hi Everybody!
>
> My Verizon National Access plan is getting increasingly inaccessible. Since
> the broadband is up it now drops the calls in less than a minute. I have to
> reconnect dozens of times just to get my SLUG mails, forget doing research on
> the web.
>
> Verizon's tech support is only for Windows users, even level 3. I took the
> piece
"the piece" refers to what?
> to the store and they refreshed the database which made it worse. It
> worked for 8 months at the lower speed in an ok, albeit very slow, fashion.
>
What database was refreshed? To what store did you take it? What has
this to do with your broadband?
> I never noticed it before this started, but when you take it out it is quite
> hot, about like a heating pad.
>
When you take *what* out? CPUs will be *hotter* than a heating pad, so
the heat depends on the component.
> It could be the network, it used to only happen at night - turn half the
> system off after 1:30 AM and save electricity sort-of-thing, but now it is
> whenever.
"the system" refers to what? Your computer? The network where you are?
> I sent a letter to Charlie Crist asking for an investigation and
> the jailing of a few Verizon suits. I got a nice reply, but the card still
> doesn't work.
>
Which card is this? A NIC card? If it's a NIC, then what does it have to
do with your broadband? Normally, broadband is done through a standalone
exterior modem hooked to your phone lines, to which you connect via a
cat 5 cable from your computer. The speed of your broadband connection
normally has to do with how far you are from the CO (Central Office),
and the integrity of your phone lines, not your modem nor your NIC card.
Please explain.
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