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Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« on: November 13, 2014, 03:22:36 PM »
I have a brand new modem from Best Buy that was like $100 and supposedly good.  I have a Airport wall plug thing for wifi router.  Internet is slower than previously and drops regularly requiring me to unplug the modem and then it goes back.  That will work for a bit but then I ultimately end up re-setting my Airport.

I have Cox for cable and approximately 6 months ago they came out and "changed my signal levels" on my cable box to optimize performance.  No issues until the past week or so.

Please don't be weird thirsty phoggers and post the Kim K pics here.  They may just break your internet.


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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2014, 03:23:35 PM »
Any tech recommendos/diagnosis would be appreciated

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2014, 03:24:47 PM »
I am so over the himmy k show. Good grief, what an untalented hack. If Kanye's music start to suck, I swear!!!

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2014, 03:25:46 PM »
reading comprehension never was your strong suit.

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2014, 03:27:16 PM »
reading comprehension never was your strong suit.
I know, i'm sorry kk. I hope your internet gets better. She's just ruining m y facebook feed.  :curse:

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2014, 03:28:04 PM »

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2014, 03:28:29 PM »
KK you might do a hard reset on your router.

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2014, 03:28:43 PM »
I never cared for the Airport routers. My old one did not work very well at all. Made the switch to Netgear about two years ago and haven't had any problems.

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2014, 03:28:55 PM »
Sounds like you might need a new carburetor. :dunno:

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2014, 03:31:24 PM »
kat kid, sorry kim kardashian has made your internet a little behind
I think what my friend Mitch is trying to say is that true love is blind.

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2014, 03:34:35 PM »
kat kid, sounds like your router may have rumptured
I think what my friend Mitch is trying to say is that true love is blind.

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2014, 03:35:16 PM »
Don't worry, we'll get to the bottom of this

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2014, 03:35:34 PM »
Spracne, get in here and fix this mess.

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2014, 03:36:14 PM »
kat kid, sorry kim kardashian has made your internet a little behind

Hate it when my router drags ass

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2014, 03:36:21 PM »
kat kid, i think your router may be overheating. maybe blow a big fanny on it to cool it off?
I think what my friend Mitch is trying to say is that true love is blind.

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #15 on: November 13, 2014, 03:38:10 PM »
Sorry kk, maybe check the back of it, it might be a piece of crap.  :lol:

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #16 on: November 13, 2014, 03:41:32 PM »
Is your router facing North West? Did you install the modem correctly?  Sometimes it helps to follow cardinal directions.

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #17 on: November 13, 2014, 03:42:56 PM »
Seriously tho, I assume you called Cox to register the modem, right? MAC ID, etc.

Bad call on buying that Airplane or whatever, pretty much guarantees that no one who knows how to troubleshoot devices will be familiar with it.

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #18 on: November 13, 2014, 03:44:04 PM »
trying to follow your timeline here.  was your "brand new modem" in place before the "no issues until the past week or so"?

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #19 on: November 13, 2014, 03:46:14 PM »
Maybe he ran out of free AOL minutes on that CD rom

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #20 on: November 13, 2014, 03:47:07 PM »
I really don't get some of these puns.  :curse:

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #21 on: November 13, 2014, 03:47:28 PM »
we had the same problem once kat kid, it tookus a long time to fix it

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #22 on: November 13, 2014, 03:47:34 PM »
get uverse

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #23 on: November 13, 2014, 03:50:18 PM »
trying to follow your timeline here.  was your "brand new modem" in place before the "no issues until the past week or so"?

omg :lol:

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Re: Kim Kardashian may have broken my internet
« Reply #24 on: November 13, 2014, 04:05:35 PM »
What kind of cable modem KK?  Is it a motorola?  You can log into them and check channel signals and strength.  Are you resetting the Airport or the Cable modem to make it work?

Cable internet use to be my thing.....  :cool: