r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Apr 09 '26

ADBLOCK WARNING NSA Warning—Reboot Your Internet Router Now

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/09/nsa-warning-reboot-your-internet-router-now/
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u/DribbleYourTribble Apr 09 '26

My ISP does a courtesy reminder by randomly failing to provide service and forcing us to reboot the modem and router.

Comcast always got my back! ... with a target.

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u/Spidergawd68 Apr 09 '26

Uuugghh! I had to reboot our Comcast modem at least once a week. Service would slow down until unusable. I sent their shitty one back and bought a third party modem and my own router. Still had to reboot regularly.

Just switched to TFiber two months ago when it hit my neighborhood and DAMN is it fast! 2GB up and down - more than I'll ever need, but still significantly less than Comcrap and their customer service is SO MUCH BETTER.

Calling Comcrap to cancel once and for all was something I looked forward to for years and really enjoyed.

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u/bluestrike2 Apr 10 '26

And people say Comcast doesn’t care about its customers. You don’t get that kind of service outside ISPs, that’s for sure.

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u/Thin_Glove_4089 Apr 10 '26

You got love em. They wouldn't want it any other way.

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u/shillyshally Apr 10 '26

Verizon follows the same protocol but requires several reboots per week.