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Trueblue Texan

(2,424 posts) Sat Jul 17, 2021, 07:21 PM Jul 2021

Is it a cyberattack, or just rotten service?

I live in Bryan College Station area of Texas. Suddenlink has a monopoly on internet service around here. I'm 5 days without service now and no end in sight. In all my years of using the internet, we've never been out of service so long. I hate to sound paranoid, but I'm feeling vulnerable about cyber stuff these days. Suddenlink can't (or won't) tell us the extent of the outage or when we can expect it to come back on. I'm feeling frustrated and nervous. Anyone else having issues?

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Is it a cyberattack, or just rotten service? (Original Post) Trueblue Texan Jul 2021 OP

And what with Bryant being the center for hot-bed leftism, rum and progressive rebellion ... marble falls Jul 2021 #1

Have you been getting a bunch of rain? blogslug Jul 2021 #2

Yes, rain every day.... Trueblue Texan Jul 2021 #3

If your internet is down how are you managing to post this? If my internet goes down I'm abqtommy Jul 2021 #4

their cell phone internet more than likely nt Celerity Jul 2021 #5

using phone for hotspot. ... Trueblue Texan Jul 2021 #9

Thanks. I may use that as an option if we ever get another 12-hour or 24-hour outage! abqtommy Jul 2021 #10

Out Of Business wyn borkins Jul 2021 #6

Hardly blogslug Jul 2021 #7

You might try Starlink if it is available in Texas (SpaceX Company). waterwatcher123 Jul 2021 #8

marble falls

(57,063 posts)

1. And what with Bryant being the center for hot-bed leftism, rum and progressive rebellion ...

Reply to Trueblue Texan (Original post)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 07:26 PM

Jul 2021

... just like Marble Falls.

blogslug

(37,994 posts)

2. Have you been getting a bunch of rain?

Reply to Trueblue Texan (Original post)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 07:30 PM

Jul 2021

Hopefully your problem will be fixed soon. 5 days is awfully long.

Trueblue Texan

(2,424 posts)

3. Yes, rain every day....

Reply to blogslug (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 07:34 PM

Jul 2021

Tuesday we had a big storm. That's when it went down. It has rained every day until today.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)

4. If your internet is down how are you managing to post this? If my internet goes down I'm

Reply to Trueblue Texan (Original post)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 07:38 PM

Jul 2021

helpless with no smart phone or backup.

Celerity

(43,259 posts)

5. their cell phone internet more than likely nt

Reply to abqtommy (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 07:46 PM

Jul 2021

Trueblue Texan

(2,424 posts)

9. using phone for hotspot. ...

Reply to abqtommy (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 08:02 PM

Jul 2021

I'd really be a raging bitch if I didn't have that option.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)

10. Thanks. I may use that as an option if we ever get another 12-hour or 24-hour outage!

Reply to Trueblue Texan (Reply #9)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 08:23 PM

Jul 2021

wyn borkins

(1,109 posts)

6. Out Of Business

Reply to Trueblue Texan (Original post)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 07:49 PM

Jul 2021

I'm going to go with: Suddenlink is Out Of Business. I have never had an outage that lasted more than a few hours, and that was due to local electrical outage problems, not an Internet provider problem.

Suddenlink (by way of DownDetector) = No Current Problems

Suddenlink (by way of suddenlink) = We're Prepared For Severe Weather

blogslug

(37,994 posts)

7. Hardly

Reply to wyn borkins (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 07:56 PM

Jul 2021

Altice = Suddenlink. They are not out of business

waterwatcher123

(144 posts)

8. You might try Starlink if it is available in Texas (SpaceX Company).

Reply to Trueblue Texan (Original post)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 08:01 PM

Jul 2021

We tried a bunch of different internet methods (even including using a cell phone hot spot) and they were all terrible. Finally, we were able to sign up for the beta service through Starlink (now available to most people). It has been very good and averages around 100 Mbps (supposed to get better in the future).

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