if road runner is cable internet, have the company replace the line from the 
pole to the house, I find that's 99% of internet issues with cable internet 
if there is an actual problem and it's not operator error. If it's DSL, 
better hope there's no hum on the phone lines normally because that will do 
it and most phone companies these days have no clue how to fix that. We 
never got rid of the hum at our last house in 15 years of living there until 
we got FIOS. All the neighbors had it too and a couple blamed me but I told 
them and showed them it couldn't be me, the phone company admitted it was 
their problem but they had no clue what to do about it. They tried 
everything. That will kill your dsl speeds too.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: off topic


>I can't speak to the directory assistance as I have never tried it, but =
> I do not think it is offered. the calls however are awesome and there is =
> no time limit. I hav been on the phone for hours and the only limiting =
> factor is the battery on my phone. magic jack is  not perfect,but the =
> calls are good. the question is why is your roadrunner call quality so =
> bad. if you have a lousy internet connection with dropped packets, =
> nothin will work. Remember your internet connection is why you have bad =
> call quality in almost all cases. if you like time warner, get them to =
> replace your modem or get a tech out to fix it, as you likely have othe =
> serious connectivity issues which you would not notice just reading E =
> mail or surfing.
> On Mar 13, 2013, at 5:57 AM, Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I am thinking of reducing costs by going to Magic Jack.
>> The other reason is that my Roadrunner phone service is absolutely =
> terrible.
>>=20
>> My magic jack question is, How is their directory assistance?
>> The other question is, do calls drop out if they are long?  I read =
> newsline.
>>=20
>> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
>> Adaptive Technology Instructor=20
>