Hello All,
Well .. Our cable modem didn't work at all while we were on Christmas break, which I guess wasn't a big deal since we weren't here. However, we came back and it still wasn't working. Not cool. I called up Adelphia and they told me they wouldn't be able to get any assistance with the problem for about 10 days. This made me decide to race: Who would win, the cable repair guy or the DSL equipment.

Verdict: DSL wins!

So that's cool. I needed to switch anyhow, if we decide to go to Satellite Television (pretty likely). So, I guess my cable modem sucking turns out to be a motivating factor.

In hindsight, removing the Y splitter in the loop allowed me to reconnect the cable modem to the network. But why shouldn't it work with the Y splitter?.. It had for three months. My guess is my neighbor decided to get cable modem and it degraded my signal enough so that I couldn't connect with the adapter.

DSL also wins, because it eliminates the 40 foot cable that was running from the cable jack to the office where all of the computer equipment was. So that also is a good thing :).

Oh well .. enough ranting. Take care.

Jeff and Alicia