said by albie81 :

strange you mention it.... my wife just IM'd this not 5 minutes ago:

[13:17] albie_04: hey babe
[13:18] Hunny Bunny: internet is teh suk
[13:18] Hunny Bunny: and i am using your language so that you can take me seriously

said by CUBS_FAN :

Shhhh.. don't want to jinx yourself

said by CUBS_FAN :

Perhaps they sent a warning to a bandwidth hog in your neighborhood and it took him 20 days to get enough courage to reopen the bandwidth on his channels?

said by CUBS_FAN :

20 days later?

said by AntiSocial :

Read the entire thread, word for word. Its somewhat inspired me.... Thank you good sir.

said by albie81 :

UPDATE:

and could quite possibly be a result of an overloaded system in my area, as homes are continuing to be built and are all tapping into the same loop.

said by EMAIL TO COUNTY TIMES :

To Whom It May Concern,

I am not sure if I am directing this to the appropriate place or not, so please bear with me, as I have a tendency to be long-winded. (That’s an understatement at best.)

For the past 3 and a half years, I have been fighting a seemingly unending battle with Comcast over quality of service issues, as it directly relates to television and internet services. I am entirely at my wit’s end, and do not have the slightest idea where to turn to get some help in my struggle. (I know I am not alone in my quest to simply receive the service that I have gladly paid for, and haven’t yet received.) To make a VERY long story, VERY short, for whatever technical reasons, the broadband signal provided by Comcast within my development (I am unsure of how many residences are affected) is dirty. It had a major impact on television services which I eventually dropped for satellite. I had VoIP phone service which I had to cancel, as it was unusable. As it stands now, I can BARELY use my internet connection, because of the dirty signal. I cannot online game, chat, upload photos and many times cannot pay bills, etc. It’s especially heart-warming to sit at the computer with my 5yr old son, who is trying to play computer games on sites like Nick Jr. and Noggin, and have him ask me why the computer’s not working and “daddy” has to tell him that he can’t fix it.

Access to the internet in our society is no longer a LUXURY. It’s a function of LIFE. A function which I am effectively robbed of by Comcast’s apparent ineptitude to resolve an ongoing, documented hardware issue. And to make matters better, I have no other viable, equal broadband option available to me.

Instead of continuing to be extraordinarily long-winded, I will simply direct you to a thread, which has documented in great detail, both conversationally, and technically, the ongoing problem, which was posted on the internet community “BroadBandReports.com” which, whether you know or not, is a large, well-respected online tech community, that I have been a member of since 2005. This is actually not the first time I have posted on this site regarding my troubles, but it has received the most attention/feedback. This post originated on July 14th 2008, as of right now, it has been viewed by unique visitors 2,470 times. That is a lot of public interest in my own small, personal problem.

»3 Years of Upload Dropping - Severe Packet Loss

I have been informed by a member of that site, whose opinion I respect very much, that best course of action in my current situation, is to contact local news sources and local “Consumer Reports.” I don’t have the slightest idea where to begin, and if any local agencies or news sources really even care, or who/where is the most appropriate place to start.

I would appreciate ANY input that you or colleagues have to offer, and I apologize again if this is directed to the wrong place/individuals, but I am at a total loss.