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I have a pretty basic set up with Cox communitcations everything was great until about a week ago never any lag in any of my online games or voice communication tools. This Monday my ping on all such things whether it be a game or a voice communication would shoot into the thousands. Than as soon as it had come it would be gone for another 5 minutes or so than come right back.
I have spent the past few days on the phone with them and they say there is no problem with the connection yet It is still happening I have tried almost everything and gonna just throw this out to see if anyone knows anything. I run on windows xp, the modem is a Webstar cable modem. I connect directly to the modem with the main pc. and a Linksys Wireless B via a ethernet cable. I have tried disconnecting the router and having just the main computer connected, to no avail the same issue. If anyone can give me any advice on this please help Im rather in the dark, with Cox Commuications doing nothing to solve the problem.

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