Anyone know why this happens?

[GohanSSJ]

Im on cable (chello in the netherlands) and like every 5 minutes i d/c for about 30 secs, and when it works its as fast as always.

Is the purely on their side, or could it also be on our side?

[Mntsnow]

What brand and model of Cable modem are you using? Is there a firmware update avaliable for your modem?

[GohanSSJ]

I have no idea which it is, it is also not in my room but in my brother's room, and he is asleep (i had a headache today so i already slept earlier)
And it is a standard cable modem.

Anyway its really annoying because i cant play any online games, which i do all the time.

[earthling]

Don't know if this true or not. But the guy who installed my brother-in-laws cable told him he should re-boot the modem once a week.

I've got DSL and mine is on 24/7 with no problems at all. Don't know if there's a difference in the modems or the cableguy was blowing smoke.

Anyone ever heard of that?

[Mntsnow]

My DSL router has gone half a year before without a single reboot before and would have gone longer if I hadnt had to reboot it after a cbos (firmware/os) upgrade.

[GohanSSJ]

It never goes off here.

Anyway keep the ideas coming.
When my brother comes home i will tell him the ideas.