How many times can an internet connection interruption occur and still be considered acceptable?

[Steve Litt]

On Mon, 1 Apr 2013 19:38:45 -0400
Guy Gold <guy1gold at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <
> geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Faulty logic, sorry.
> >
> > If the drops still occur, it is at least the modem or phone line,
> > ISP, etc, but that does not rule out there being a problem with
> > your router, wiring etc.
> >
> > Remember the number of failures you are seeing is the TOTAL of all
> > failures, and they are not mutually exclusive.
> >
> > Or in plain English, if your felafel tastes bad, it may be the
> > felafel, it may be the pita, it may be the salads, or it may be a
> > combination of any or all of them. :-)
> >
> >
> > Geoff.
> >
> >
> >
> Geoff
> 
> If Dotan connects a laptop to the modem's LAN port, instead of the
> router, and the same issues keep happening, doesn't that clear the
> router from being the culprit ?

Yes. However, unless his laptop has a darned complete firewall, he'd
better reformat it after that test.

SteveT

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