Hello Computers, I am having a problem that no one so far can figure out. I have called the techs everyday for a couple of weeks, no answer, their big thing is for me to unplug my modem for 2 minutes then plug back in and let it reset. I have done this over and over and over. I have replaced the modem, I got a new filter and plugged into the phone line. I have made sure all the connections are tight and plugged in. I have had the same set up for nearly 10 years, I did get a new computer 2+ years ago. Win7, I have a home network and the connection to the Internet may stay on for half and hour, or it may lose connection every 2 minutes, I kept a chart on day, 1 minute of---then 1 minute on. Maybe that would follow at 2 minutes on or 3 but always lose connection with a few minutes. We have been having rain and storms in this area, it seems to stay on during the rain, now today no rain and it is off, on, off, on, off again. I just hope I can get this message out. I am at my wits end on this one, they have sent someone out twice but still no better. Thank you for anything you can think of that might help. It's really hard to get anything done. My my flustration level is at the explosion point. Kay -- Best regards, PastTracker mailto:pasttracker@windstream.net ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 9.0.0.2308, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.21100) http://www.pctools.com/ =======

----- Original Message ----- From: "PastTracker" <pasttracker@windstream.net> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 1:16 PM Subject: [COMPUTERS] My connection keeps dropping out > Hello Computers, > > I am having a problem that no one so far can figure out. I have called > the techs > everyday for a couple of weeks, no answer, their big thing is for me to > unplug my > modem for 2 minutes then plug back in and let it reset. I have done this > over and over and over. Have you actually physically inspected your phone line with it comes into your house? I had a similar problem many years ago, and it was corrosion on the copper. Cleaned it by scraping the gunk off, and it stayed good for years after.

My nephew had the same problem and he had to rewire from the phone box outside into all his phone outlets. Of course he put it off for a year - but when he finally did it, the problem was solved. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "PastTracker" <pasttracker@windstream.net> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 04:16 PM Subject: [COMPUTERS] My connection keeps dropping out > Hello Computers, > > I am having a problem that no one so far can figure out. I have called > the techs everyday for a couple of weeks, no answer, their big thing is > for me to unplug my modem for 2 minutes then plug back in and let it > reset. I have done this over and over and over. > > I have replaced the modem, I got a new filter and plugged into the phone > line. I have made sure all the connections are tight and plugged in. > > I have had the same set up for nearly 10 years, I did get a new computer > 2+ years ago. Win7, I have a home network and the connection to the > Internet may stay on for half and hour, or it may lose connection every 2 > minutes, I kept a chart on day, 1 minute of---then 1 minute on. Maybe > that would follow at 2 minutes on or 3 but always lose connection with a > few minutes. > > We have been having rain and storms in this area, it seems to stay on > during the rain, now today no rain and it is off, on, off, on, off again. > I just hope I can get this message out. > > I am at my wits end on this one, they have sent someone out twice but > still no better. > > Thank you for anything you can think of that might help. It's really hard > to get anything done. My my flustration level is at the explosion point. > > Kay > > -- > Best regards, > PastTracker mailto:pasttracker@windstream.net > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 9.0.0.2308, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.21100) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on > the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. > > This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems > incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message