What a difference a good internet modem makes

[sekker]

Been dealing with some 'ok' internet at my house, but it started being flakey. Was terrible on Sunday.

Ended up having the cable tech come for a house call, he redid the to-the-house connectors (was not weather-proofed at all), removed a 'filter' (to prevent us from tapping into cable I think), and updated our modem.

I know this won't last, but the lack of latency is quite noticeable even though the 'fast.com' score isn't all that much different.