What in-line component (or components) in a digital cable infrastructure could cause a data stream to have...?
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THIMK!\n\nNo ISP has a "1 to 1" connection to the internet.  They use some formula to figure out an "average".   This results in slower transmissions when more are using it.  The same is true of the internet itself!
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Most often this is due to firewall restrictions. Check with your Internet provider to see if you have a firewall built in to your Cable/DSL modem. Windows XP SP2 also enabled the firewall on the computer.
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Hi \n\nOk , now thats a bunch of things at the same time :) First how much do you know about DSL lines as a whole ?
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if built in, and it can't be salvaged, write it off, get a pcmcia card with a modem in it, re-configure which modem you use via software and keep truckin'
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My cable modem got so old that we lost our Internet.  Our ISP told us the modem was too old and no longer supported.  Our ISP (Time Warner) was the one that supplied us with the modem in the first place.\n\nDon't expect your ISP to notify you when they make changes in their network that cause your Internet to fail.
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It is telling you that nothing is plugged into the port for the network cable.  You won't have one unless you are using a cable modem, DSL modem, or a router.  If you have one of those things, and a cable in place, you may have a bad cable.
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Depending on what type of media you use to connect them. Most of the time it is a cat 5e cable. In that case it would be serial and traval in analog waves(sine waves) until it hit the NIC which will turn it digital waves(square waves) for the computer.
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If your on dialup this is common....if on dsl or cable your bandwidth may be capped.
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First off we need to know what kind of router you are working with.  Please provide the model and make, along with the kind of internet service you have.  Also what operating system you are on would be helpful - Windows XP, Mac OS X, etc.  \n\nThe first thing do when you hook up a router to your DSL/Cable Modem is to turn all the equipment off.\n\nPower down the computer, the DSL/Cable Modem and your router.  Its best to physically remove the power cables from the modem and the router to ensure that electricity is not keeping any memory chips alive.  Make sure you plug the ethernet cable from the DSL/Cable modem into the routers WAN/internet port.  Then make sure your computer's ethernet port is plugged into one of the routers LAN ethernet ports, they are usually 4 ports right in a row on the back of the computer.  This should fix any problems with hooking up the cables physically, and now it up to your network settings on your computer.  In order to help, please provide the information I asked for at the top of this message. \n\nThanks!
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Cancel it and get a cable modem.  Just think about it, DSL is sending data through an old school telephone wire.  Cable modem is sending data through the much newer cable lines, and thus, much faster and much more reliably.  Do whats right, make the switch!
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I doubt this is the case because network wires are usually run in small bundles.  In theory this might be a problem if the ENTIRE wall was layered with them from top to bottom.  Sporadic shielded wiring runs wouldn't do much to disrupt cell signals.  It's more likely that the cause of your interferance is your buldings layer(s) of concrete or brick.
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probably your router.
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Nothing, that's the way live/streaming video usually does. It depends on your computer's speed, but more importantly, on the internet connection bandwidth. Could also be how fast the broadcasting/hosting company's servers are.
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Digital Subscriber Line\n\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nDigital Subscriber Line, or DSL, is a family of technologies that provide digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network.\n\nTypically, the download speed of DSL ranges from 128 kilobits per second (kbit/s) to 24,000 kbit/s depending on DSL technology and service level implemented. Upload speed is lower than download speed for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) and equal to download speed for Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL).\n\nFor more info check the link below
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If the ethernet switch requires DC, then yes its a problem. You didnt specify.
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Considering that DSL runs of 2 copper wires running through a house, NO unless they had a unsecured wireless connection.
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Wikipedia:\n"Users in a neighborhood share the available bandwidth provided by a single coaxial cable line. Therefore, connection speed can vary depending on how many people are using the service at the same time. From a technical point of view, all networks, including DSL services, are sharing a fixed amount of bandwidth between a multitude of users — but because cable networks tend to be spread over larger areas than DSL services, more care must be taken to ensure good network performance. This has become much less of an issue in recent years."\n\nFor information on your connection you should be able to contact Comcast.\n\nAlso:\n- Remove spyware/adware/malware that may be affecting your computer's performance. You can do this using the free tools SPYBOT S&D and AD-AWARE SE.\n\nSPYBOT:\nhttp://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html\n\nAD-AWARE:\nhttp://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/\n\n- Remove old cookies and temporary internet files from your computer. How to do this depends on the browser you are using. Check the help files for assistance.\n- Avoid using a browser that has several internet streams, such as news links, that consume your bandwidth (such as AOL).\n\nGood luck with your problem.\n\nHope this helps!\n\n-Scratch @ http://www.somethingslacking.com/