Last night we were in Salt Lake watching the Harlem Globetrotter and the home network dropped the internet connection and came up 5 times between 3 and 9 PM. No biggie, we were not home. I just thought the provider had a problem (unusual). Today at about 3PM I lost internet connection. I called tech services and was told their system had detected radar and shut down. What the heck is that?
She knew exactly how many minutes it would be before the system would be back up and it was. She also said SHE could not even connect to my dish to trouble shoot. It happened again around 4PM. I called again and got the same tech. She gave me the same excuse. I said BS I want to talk to a supervisor.He said essentially the same thing, the system detected radar and the "GOVERNMENT REQUIRES US TO SHUT DOWN ND WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT". He also told me how may minutes it would be before the system came up and he was right.
I have been a Ham radio operator for 40+ years so I understand RF band plans/allocations and who is primary and who is secondary in any given band and the no interference requirement of the secondary allocation. I have no idea what frequency my ISP operates on but I doubt it is in the radar spectrum. An harmonic maybe but I would think only the first harmonic would be a problem and that is highly unlikely.
Has anyone heard of this or know what could be going on?
Please, don't turn this into a "it's the government/Big Brother controlling your life" thread. I really would like to hear from anyone that knows what or thinks might be/have gone on.
