My Alacatel 1000 has been chugging along for almost a year with zero hiccups until last week, when my connection just went dead. I checked all the usual suspects, i.e. router/hub/firewall, power and cable connections, and even made sure I paid the bill - but nothing. Figuring it was my fault I finally reformatted the HD, figuring I would connect afterword to download drivers. Southwestern Bell tech support tried to help, but they came up with nothing except giving me an "escalation" with a case ID # and a call three days later. I just got off the phone with the escalated guy and it turns out that my problem was that someone on the network side probably rebooted one of the servers and forgot to include this model modem in its settings, because it's older. Now this is how geeky I am: the first page I tried when I knew it was fixed was Slashdot and much to my horror this was the second article I read. I thought I was totally screwed and some little prick in fact hacked my modem - either way I want to know exactly how to fix these settings so I can worry less.
Not necessarily. I found this on the web a few days ago and it looks very prommising: http::/www.snapstream.net
I haven't tried it out yet, but I think that it will work. Basically they have a software based Tivo solution. You could rip your DVD's to your multimedia server in the basement and play them with a pc remote control. 80 gig ultra DMA HD's are going for USD$299 at CompUSA this week.
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My Alacatel 1000 has been chugging along for almost a year with zero hiccups until last week, when my connection just went dead. I checked all the usual suspects, i.e. router/hub/firewall, power and cable connections, and even made sure I paid the bill - but nothing. Figuring it was my fault I finally reformatted the HD, figuring I would connect afterword to download drivers. Southwestern Bell tech support tried to help, but they came up with nothing except giving me an "escalation" with a case ID # and a call three days later. I just got off the phone with the escalated guy and it turns out that my problem was that someone on the network side probably rebooted one of the servers and forgot to include this model modem in its settings, because it's older. Now this is how geeky I am: the first page I tried when I knew it was fixed was Slashdot and much to my horror this was the second article I read. I thought I was totally screwed and some little prick in fact hacked my modem - either way I want to know exactly how to fix these settings so I can worry less.
Not necessarily. I found this on the web a few days ago and it looks very prommising: http::/www.snapstream.net I haven't tried it out yet, but I think that it will work. Basically they have a software based Tivo solution. You could rip your DVD's to your multimedia server in the basement and play them with a pc remote control. 80 gig ultra DMA HD's are going for USD$299 at CompUSA this week.