Flaky network connection
We've been having a lot of problems with our internet service over the last week or so - everything from pure unavailability to seeing 5-25% packet loss. I talked with the Comcast folks a couple days ago and while I was in the middle of enjoying hold music things suddenly started working again.
Last night's service call led the guy to recommending I get a new cable-modem as the one I have is "having a lot of trouble syncing up". I'm not 100% convinced that that wasn't a way to get me to become someone else's problem tonight instead of having to talk with him... Particularly since the connection is having no problems this morning. Anyone remember the old SBC DSL commercials where a neighborhood turns on itself because of the shared nature of cable-based internet service? Wondering if that might be the problem.
Either way, I'll get a new cable-modem tonight - been meaning to for the last couple weeks after I realized that it will help me get faster connection speeds (my model is a few years old and Comcast has been "upgrading" their service over the last few months).