Problems with Youtube,MSN messenger/Yahoo Messenger

[novacrsh]

I'm really hoping someone could help me with a problem that has developed since my Virgin Media internet service went down last week for 5 hours.
My Windows live messenger and Yahoo messenger disconnect and reattempt to connect every minunte of so. Youtube only plays the first 3rd of the video. Im sure this is an Internet issue as it occurs on both laptops i have.
Any help would be gratefuly appreciated.

[vinh1000]

have you tried rebooting your modem and post your power levels etc..(http://192.168.100.1) ?

[novacrsh]

Cable Modem Upstream
Upstream Lock : Locked
Upstream Channel ID : 4
Upstream Frequency : 47400000 Hz
Upstream Modulation : QAM16
Upstream Symbol Rate : 2560 Ksym/sec
Upstream transmit Power Level : 43.5 dBmV
Upstream Mini-Slot Size : 2

Cable Modem Downstream
Downstream Lock : Locked
Downstream Channel Id : 21
Downstream Frequency : 299000000 Hz
Downstream Modulation : QAM256
Downstream Symbol Rate : 6952 Ksym/sec
Downstream Interleave Depth : taps12Increment17
Downstream Receive Power Level : 2.4 dBmV
Downstream SNR : 41.0 dB


From what i understand all seems well from that point. No having problems downloading from xboxlive - still problems with any streaming sites and webcam sites.

[Toto]

What about a router?

Do you have one, could that be the cause of your problem?

[jimpy0]

I think you may find that windows live messenger 2009 is no longer active, i had the disconnect problem till i downgraded to an earlier version of messenger dont use yahoo so not sure if affected the same

[webcrawler2050]

Are you using a wired connection or Wifi?

If using wifi - whats the signal strength like?

[novacrsh]

The router doesn't seem to be the problem as a direct cable to my laptop/xbox produces the same results. Prior to this problem my connection was top notch, now it seems as if Xbox live content stops downloading. I also noticed that when downloading binaries from usenet i have the same problem of "stalled" downloads. My router is "Excellent" signal strength. Im really baffled by this as i had flawless internet before.

Many thanks for any help so far.

[novacrsh]

it seems downloads (in firefox) need to be paused (when the download stalls) and then resumed to actualy finish them - if that helps.