Has anyone else had problems with their internet if you have the service provider Road Runner? Mine keeps getting worse and worse, and I'm tempted to replace the modem/move to another service. What should I do?
And please, no "Rado runnar scuks" stuff.
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Road Runner though, I've heard is pretty inconsistent. Maybe you should just switch ISPs. If you did in fact do that, it could be your modem or location.
I cant even play a game of Warcraft III online right now, and that dude made that really cool RPG that I need to play, your at your units eye level, and you use the arrow keys to control him...I got lost in the wilderness until I ran into a tree and got dissconnected. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo--> Stupid trees, they are just like walls for me in NS.
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There also used to be frequent outages back when I was first a customer. It was annoying as hell, but there hasn't been an outage in a few months now. Guess they (finally) got off their collective overpaid butts and fixed the problem.
But aside from those occasional annoyances, the service is more than good enough for my home use. Downloads tend to peak at 120k/s, uploads peak at 30k/s. Still better than dialup! <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Thanks, I'll do that, and get the top one. The white one...
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Not for me ATM! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Sadly, Roadrunner pretty much has the monopoly on highspeed internet here. There's one company offering DSL but their lines are pretty scarce as compared to Roadrunner's. There's also no other company offering cable service right now. So I guess I have to just put up with this crap.
On a brighter note, the tech support is excellent. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
EDIT: how come the f got changed to a H? <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
maybe its because im in kansas and nobody else is in kansas?
i bet its prolly because in your area roadrunner is popular, too popular it gets saturated easily (im asuming were on cable here, right?) and more and more people come on and clog the thing. just keep spamming tech supp and they should do something over here there braggin about how there only uson 10 of thhere 100 fiber lines to "accomodate future users" sooo just ask them <i>nicely</i> to open up about five or six (hundred) lines
I'm going to replace my modem soon, and I live in Ohio, quite close to ...Kansas I guess. I dont really remember, but I used to live there when I was little. Actually thats where we moved from to Ohio...kansas Missouri. I hated my neighbors there, not both just one of em, so I guess its neighbor. Anyways, to get off topic a bit, my cat jumped over the fence in our back yard (We owned three acres, that place was like a <i>desert</i>) and my neighbor sent his <b><u>six</u></b> dogs out after it and sprayed it with ice cold water -- in the middle of <i><u>winter.</i></u>
Anways, gonna get it replaced. Gotta go eat, cya all later.
well in kc-k roadrunner is gettin popular and slowdowns are also quite popular ... sbc claims that their minimum dl speed is comparable with our average dl speed. heck, it cant hurt much, can it?
i would reccomend dsl if it dont cost too much, but try ou t the modem and spam tech-supp and customer care.
or is it customer's money care, eh? well tellem that theres a pretty good dsl provider around even if there isnt. half my friends got their rates lowered by mentioning that everest (tv, internet and phone provider) was available to them.
1.) My data light blinks two times a second on my toshiba modem. Thats a lot slower than the usual six or five. Sometimes it just stops for a couple seconds and starts going again, thats not right.
2.) I get "Warning_ConnectionProblem" when I lag out in servers quite often. My ping does not increase (Well not from what I see) and I <i>always</i> stop for a period of fifteen seconds or more. Ya, it sucks.
3.) I usually get kicked from battle.net quite often when I'm joining another persons game. I cant even host a game anymore, anyone that trys to download quits. This was <i><b>not</i></b> how it was a long time ago, because I used to be the main 'hoster' of my friends, I always hosted, <i>always.</i>
4.) Ive had my modem for about six months to a year, and I use a USB connection, not the cable. Does that have anything to do with it?
5.) I share this with my brother/dad all the time my brother and dad both get the cable connections, so I have to switch them out every so often, and reboot the modem, will that effect anything at all?
6.) How do I get that little bullet that looks like a filled in 'o.' Kinda like an overview of a cream filled doughnut. Really off topic, but its driving me crazy.
Thanks for your time, I gotta kick my cat -- shes waving her butt in my face.
ps I've never used USB, I think you should stick to your coax and Rj45 (network) cables
I get around 300-400kbps downloads (when servers support it), not sure about uploads though. Roadrunner does have decent tech support though...except their "We don't help you if you have a router" sorta thing going on...
Sort of unrelated but, why do AOL Broadband and Roadrunner exist? They're both Time Warner properties...and their cost is different...It baffles me.
In other news, I've forgotten the password to my router...err...yea....heh. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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...what kind of name is Mraz?
I'm not listening to anything, I am itchy though, darn grass.
...weed wacking is very annoying.