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Posted by BigJim on February 20, 2006, 1:28 pm
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that little light for hours.
> My ISP is Comcast, in the middle Tennessee area.
>
>
> Some time ago I began to get sporadic connections -- would not be able
> to get to the internet for a couple of hours, then could. Finally got
> a service tech to come out. He first said the cable modem had gone
> bad, and replaced it. But the new one 'won't synch up', so he went
> through a couple of more, then decided it must be the line. Put a
> test instrument on it, and said the signal was "too hot." Called
> another tech out to go up the pole. They futzed around some more, an
> finally said they'd come back the next morning. (This was getting into
> the evening on Friday, and they were way over on their shift.)
>
> Well, as you can guess, they never came back. I've not had any
> service interruptions since, BUT ...... ever since that visit, the
> 'data' LED on the modem is consantly flashing at a very high rate.
> Even when the computer is turned off. (This is a Teradyne modem, with
> the LED's labeld 'Power', 'Cable', 'PC', 'Data', and 'Test'. I'm
> presuming the Power, Cable, and PC are exactly what one would expect,
> and the Data and Test are really Send and Receive.
>
> I've not called Comcast, because I *DO* have service, but it still
> seems that something "just ain't right."
>
> Thoughts?
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