Random Fix - Computer Help

For those of you who are MMA fans, Ryan Bennet, founder of the MMAWeekly.com website has passed away.  He was in a car accident and was ejected from his vehicle.  He died on the scene.  He has done an immense amount of work for the MMA scene.  His website is visited by millions of MMA fans daily.  He also hosted a daily radio show in which they’d talk with MMA stars daily.  Frank Trigg was his co-host.

People are talking about how they just saw or spoke to him the day before and that it’s just so depressing.  I feel them, even if I didn’t know him.  I did read his website on a daily basis and that is very depressing to know that someone who was so young and had so much potential just died, just like that.  I’m sure he’s moved on to a better place but still, very very sad.  My condolences go out to his family.  RIP!

So my RR has been hellishly slow lately.  I have a feeling it’s a physical problem but at the same time I suspect it may be a damaged modem.  My modem has been through quite a few power outages without being connected to a UPS/Surge Protector.  So, I’m going to try the obvious first, switch out the modem this weekend.  If that doesn’t work, I’ve got my eyes set on figuring out where the physical problem lies.  I can see this junction splitter that is right outside of the house we rent.  I can tell that it’s been noticebly touched by someone and that it has been fooled around with.  This box is from the cable company.  However, a while back when I was having cable problems, we found out that my wife’s uncle had been tampering with the cable by adding his own splitters to the line.  When the cable company told me that was my main problem and when the cable tech removed said splitter, boy did that cause a problem with my wife’s uncle.

Anyway, my speeds have just been unbelievably slow.  Not only while downloading large files but also just browsing in general.  Sometimes my internet will come to a complete stop and I can’t even get anywhere online.  It’s pathetic.  I would call in to troubleshoot with Road Runner but their incompetent staff just baffles me.  I worked for them for almost six months but quit due to the high stress level.  Anyway, that’s beyond the scope of this post.  Calling in is like calling in and talking to a brick wall.  You don’t get anywhere.  All they do is read off a script and then transfer you to what they call tier 2 tech support.  Once transferred there, you troubleshoot again with someone from Canada who has no customer service experience whatsoever and is very rude.  You run through the various t/sing like ping and tracert.  If all those come out fine, I don’t recall if they escalate it or not but it’s just VERY time consuming and a PITA.