i'm not sure if this is the place for this question, but it doesn't go anywhere else, so...
i have a problem with my internet reception. i'm now pretty sure that it is at the ISP end and that to 'fix' the problem i simply need to change companies, that is only to obvious.
what i want to know is why this is happening at all...
it began around three weeks ago. i can connect to the ISP no worries. from there i get no joy, i can open firefox but then get no further. i can start a torrent and it just sits there waiting to log in, or it logs in and then sits there and won't connect to any seeds or peers.
when i check the ISP connection there is no problem, all green lights.
however, when the signal shows 98% strength, i get no info in up or download, and other times when the signal shows 0%, i can get up to 2Mbps in download, but that can drop out at any time and show 0.00/ 0.00 again.
if i leave the connection open (for up to 6 days solid!!) the signal works in fits and starts, but spends more time at 0.00 than working. it's really frustrating to see 10-12 seeds connected but not getting any action...
to make matters worse, a friend who lives 2 street over from me uses the same ISP and package and has never had any problems...
any thoughts?
thanks, ksoup