Can I Scream now???????????

[squirt]

:confused: I thought I would try something new!!! I have a dial up service and so I thought I would try the cable sign up.

:eek: Well, needless to say, I still have dial up, my son-in-law was good enough to come over and hook up my cable internet connection.

GUESS WHAT PEOPLE :mad: :mad: :mad: I've still got dial up. The poor man worked on it for over an hour, and all it kept saying was the connection would not work.

So I'm back to dial-up, and I guess I'll keep it for a while. Only bad thing about dial-up is nobody can call unless I get another phone line, and do I really want to do that.

:cool: Oh well I haven't whined for a while, so this is it for today. Have a good day people :cool: :cool: :cool: :D :D :D :) :) :)

[ahippiechic]

Can't you call tech support for the cable service? They should be able to walk you thru the setup. Once you get it set up, you will LOVE it! :)

[CarolinaBlue]

Time Warner came out and installed our cable modem (Road Runner) for free. Will your cable company not install it for you, either for free or for a low price?

Good luck!

[Willow]

I've had cable internet service for almost four years. The cable company had to come out and hook up a cable modem and then configure my computer with their software. When I got a new computer all I had to do was connect the modem to it but when I first had it installed it had to be done by a technician.

[cSoReNSoN]

I actually had to call Comcast High Speed technical support Friday to get mine back running after my hard drive was reformatted due to viruses. When I purchased the computer in December I installed the high speed access myself as it was quite simple. All I had to do was follow some easy onscreen instructions whereas the first time we got high speed access Comcast sent out a technician to install it on my old computer about 3 years ago. The trouble this time was due to some drivers missing but after 15-20 minutes or so on the phone with a nice technician the problem was solved! I would definitely call and speak with a technician if at all possible. Good luck!!

[sea-shell]

Oh boy - same thing happened to me. I got connected for cable my neighbor came over to do all the techy stuff. 5 HOURS LATER STILL NO CABLE. He ended up completely restoring my computer to factory install to get it to work. I am glad I have cable but I lost everything that was in my computer.

[schsa]

Time Warner came out for me. Unfortunately the tech they sent out didn't know crap about XP so it took forever to get on line. They had to send out a second tech. But it works and I'm a happy trooper.

[Willow]

I'm just curious as to how people can hook themselves up to a cable hook up by themselves. I have Comcast which was Media One when I first got cable internet service and then it later changed to ATTBI and now Comcast. They had to send a technician because the modem had to be configured with their software which the technician took with him when he left. They also had to put in a splitter. When I got my new computer all I had to do was plug the modem into it. The modem was already configured so I didn't need a techician to come out to the house for that.

[cinnamonch]

I hooked mine up myself. I did have to call the tech and was informed I needed an ethernet connector. After that it was a piece of cake.

[Unicornmom77]

We also have cable internet AND we got a "free" self instalation kit!! WHAT A CROCK!!! You have to be a PC genius to figure these things out, And everyone I have talked to with this service had lots of probs getting it started, BUT ONCE IT IS ALL DONE YOU NEVER HAVE TO MESS WITH IT AGAIN AND I LOVE MY CABLE!! I wouldnt change to anything eles EVER again!