Our cable modem service started flaking out again last night (right in mid-chat with the Strategist, no less). Fortunately it was after we’d done the majority of our gaming for the night, but it was still irksome.<\/p>\n
Margie reports similar flakiness this morning.<\/p>\n
Given that it’s a new modem (the second new modem, in fact), and that it’s been pretty much stable for the last week or two since it was installed, I reject any notion from Comcast tech support that it might be static, or heat conditions, or anything other than either crappy equipment somewhere along the line. Which means I expect them to fix it right now.<\/em><\/p>\n I am going to be most put out if I can’t get online this afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our cable modem service started flaking out again last night (right in mid-chat with the Strategist, no less). 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