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Question

Internet service was turned off but lan connection says stil

May 7, 2017 3:29AM PDT

Ok I really can't figure this out and I have been trying for months, hopefully somebody here can..
My internet was disconnected from lack of not paying the bill.
I would open my web browser from my laptop and it would say "unable to connect "
I Looked at my local area connection and it says..
Access type: Internet
HomeGroup: Joined
Connection : Local area Connection .... I still was connected. The web browsers still said unable to connect to network contact your isp...

So I went to wireless connections to see if anybody had a open wireless connection and I found one belkin guest 1.5 speed Very slow. .. My isp was cable with 40 mbps speed..

I connected to the wireless network but still had my ethernet connected to my modem..
The wireless connection opened into a browser "type password to get access"
I closed the browser and reopened it and my yahoo home page opened up..Did a speed test .. 46 mbps download 7 mbps upload ...What happened was my lan connection and modem kick in and took over the connection... But if I disconnect from the wireless network my lan connection won't open a web page....

Basically this is how I been getting internet access for the past 7 months..Using belkin guest wireless network to get to the browser saying type password in.. closing it then my connection takes over.. Can anybody explain this

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Sorry no.
May 7, 2017 7:41AM PDT

Sounds broken. It's anyone's guess why it works with this detail.

Let's see a speccy report and maybe the output about the DNS in use.

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Sorry no
May 7, 2017 7:49AM PDT

This is what happened ... So my guess is that your ISP is simply blocking or redirecting DNS to basically force
your web browser to not work; by connecting to your neighbor's WiFi, you are then able to obtain IP addresses using the DNS server provided by the WiFi connection. At that point, your computer makes the TCP connection to the web server, and your modem passes that traffic, allowing you to browse the web.

Why in the world would your cable company allow HTTP traffic when your account is not active? When I plug in a new cable modem, my cable company actually redirects me to a landing page with instructions on how to obtain service. So the "you're not a paying user" filter can't block all http traffic; it has to allow enough through that you can reach that "here's how to sign up for service" page.

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Did you just tell me you are not current with your subscr...
May 7, 2017 7:53AM PDT

If you are not current with your subscription, why is there any problem here?

In other words, time to call the cable company and sort that out.