Hi- For the last 20 hours I have mostly been unable to check my email (non-hughesnet, POP accounts ) via Thunderbird.... 95% of the time I get a "Connection Refused" notices. I've checked my settings many times, and they work OK with a tethered cellphone connection. Webpages have mostly been very slow, and about 70% of the time, they fail to load with a "Web Acceleration Client Error (509.2) - Upstream TCP Receive Failure (Web Server)" error Sometimes even 10 'reload page's won't open them.. I've restarted my modem (direct connection, no router) (soft restart, and unplugged modem for minutes to hours) many times, done force ranging many times, torndown turbopage several times , with no effect.. Tried a different computer, same problem. Windows and Linux, same problem Tried different DNS servers, and entering direct IPs , same problems And the weirdest thing is, my signal strength has been better for the last 24 hours than it has been in months. (83, compared to the 69-72 it has been since abouy May.) (prior to that I usually ranged from 87 to 91) I'm on an old 7000 2 watt system, dish is aimed properly, on satellite 99W 09900 transponder. Thanks for any help
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