Why do I have to reboot my cable modem every so often???

redgtxdi

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Jun 23, 2004
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Tonight my dad was trying to call my house & couldn't get thru. He finally called my cell & said the phone rang & rang & rang. So I knew something was wrong with the VOIP. So I waited 'til I got home & realized the 'gizmo' was not linked. Cable was fine, router was fine so I unplugged/replugged the gizmo & all was well again.

However, when I ran a speed test at testmy.net speeds were down around 1.5mb. (I'm 5mb service) So, then I unplugged everything & replugged in proper sequence. Ran another speed test & all was well.

All that to say this.........

Obviously my VOIP is either connected or it isn't...(maybe some middle ground there in voice quality but whatever)

But what happens when I reboot my modem that I can go from 1.5mb then 3mb. (still not full 5mb but maybe neighborhood's busy?).

Why isn't it either just "working" or "not working"??????????

TIA