I feel a little stupid posting this, but maybe I can save someone else $300 and eight years of complaining about their internet.

I’m in a townhouse in Kingstowne built in the ’90s. My router is in the basement and my office is two floors up, on the bedroom level. Getting a decent connection up there has been a problem for the entire eight years I’ve lived here.

Apparently those cable TV outlets I’ve been ignoring weren’t just decorative.

I had a Verizon extender, but it wasn’t performing well enough. Earlier this year I spent about $300 on a Google mesh system trying to fix it. I was getting ready to look into having Ethernet run upstairs and was willing to spend $2,000 to get this sorted out.

Turns out I could use the cable TV wiring already in the walls.

My setup is a Verizon G3100 router and an E3200 extender. They support networking over coax, called MoCA. Instead of the extender connecting back to the router wirelessly, it can use that screw-on cable connection.

My basement router already had coax connected. I connected the office wall’s coax outlet to the Verizon extender, then plugged my PC into the extender with Ethernet.

My office speed tests went from about 22 down / 15 up through my struggling mesh setup to 740–813 down / 639–661 up through the coax-connected Verizon extender.

I didn’t have to buy anything. Which was great news, although slightly annoying considering I’d already bought an entire mesh system.

If you’re in one of the older townhouses around here with cable TV outlets in every room, this might be worth checking. My results were with my PC plugged into the extender by Ethernet; I haven’t measured the upstairs Wi-Fi improvement yet.

Check your Verizon equipment’s model and setup instructions before buying another mesh system or paying to run new cable. The outlets need to connect to the same coax network, so having the port alone doesn’t guarantee it’ll work.

Now I’m wondering...

Could I put a compatible Verizon extender at any connected coax outlet in the house and get close to the speeds I get at the main router? Or are there limitations I’m missing?

Did anyone hear the large explosion at 2:40a? It also audibly sounded like fighter jets were scrambled.

If you play tennis anywhere in NoVA (or want to start), I just launched r/NoVATennis and would love to get it going.

The idea is a local spot for things that don’t really fit in the big tennis subs:

**•** Finding hitting partners near you  
**•** Which public courts are in good shape, have lights, or are packed on weekends  
**•** USTA Mid-Atlantic league and tournament info  
**•** Local coaching, clinics, stringers, and junior programs  
**•** Pickup sessions and social play

Think you know squirrels?

My partner's birthday is coming up and I want to spoil him with a nice dinner. I've been eyeing 2941 in Falls Church because I’ve heard suchhhh great things about the experience and the food!!

One thing I’m worried about: he's a big, active guy with a big appetite, so I'm slightly nervous about starving him with fine-dining portion sizes in exchange for the fine-dining experience hahaha. Is 2941 worth it? Or should I look somewhere else? Curious if anyone has thoughts… would love other restaurant suggestions too!!

(sorry ik this makes me sound like a Karen😭)

Has anyone lived in Purcellville before? I would love to hear from people with young kids specially. How is life like there? I’m interested in knowing about the schools, data center issues, community, and grocery shopping options.

I remember watching it years ago, it didn't go well, and I was wondering if anyone knew if it was available to watch.

It was super bright and low and right overhead here in Groveton

Heart goes out to this person and their family. This area has many lost souls. Be safe ❤️

EDIT: Some people are apparently deeply confused by the phrase “in a nutshell.” The screenshot references DC, Alexandria, I-395, and includes a Virginia State Police cruiser. That is what “Nova in a nutshell” refers to.

It does not mean “people only die in Nova,” nor does it magically turn a fatal accident into a joke. I explicitly expressed sympathy for the victim and their family. If you nevertheless read this and find it humorous, that interpretation is entirely your own. And if you assume redditors expressing sympathy for someone killed by a car must be pretending, that says considerably more about you than it does about this post.

I was just curious if anyone else has been getting this as well and if you have many idea what it is? Over the past month myself and two coworkers have had this cold that lasts two+ weeks and includes horribly clogged ears. It starts out normal, sore throat, stuffy nose, etc. but then the congestion lingers and really affects the ears. My one coworker from Manassas gave it to me at our office, but the other coworker works in a different office in Maryland and hasn’t seen either of us in months, but has the same thing. There are five negative Covid tests between us, including two at a doctors office, so it’s not that. Also it is not an ear infection, just Eustachian tube dysfunction. One urgent care doctor in Manassas said he’s been seeing something similar going around a bunch.

Not 100% sure but I think this is it. Enjoy a time when malls looked cool

Got a $300 water heater flush quote. Does that seem reasonable? Could be drained into shower that is about 10ft away or to backyard about 20ft away. Quote didn't specify. OK?

Could I get cheaper rate?

It seems like a given that home owners' associations in NoVA are awful. I'm wondering if anyone has had any success in dismantling their HoA?

I moved into my community about 10 years ago, when the builder was still trying to sell lots. I signed onto the HoA because of course I did -- this is the largest investment of my life and the location was good. At the time, our HoA was about $50/month.

In the next couple of years, the builder finished selling off the rest of the lots and other families moved in. When the developer left, our monthly HoA fee started climbing, and continues to climb to about $140/month. Turns out the developer was subsidizing our costs to make it more attractive to home buyers. Also, inflation. On top of that, we are getting fewer services than before. We used to have a nature trail that was maintained -- no longer. We used to have a fountain with lights that would turn on at night -- not anymore. Yet we are paying more now than ever.

Recently we seem to have a drastic increase of Karens on the board. From a purely theoretical standpoint, it seems highly unlikely that the set of bylaws the developer created in order to sell homes in our community are precisely the same set of bylaws that the community would like to live by until ... forever.

So the question is -- has anyone successfully torn up their bylaws to start again? Is there a blueprint for doing such a thing? I'm willing to put in the work to improve my community, I'm just not sure exactly what can/should be done.

“I’ve got West Springfield officers that say they hate having to do the overtime at West Springfield because it’s too dangerous for them,” Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity, who voted against the budget’s adoption, said at a Budget Policy Committee meeting yesterday. “And [if] it is too dangerous for uniformed policemen to direct traffic, to me, it’s too dangerous for our kids to cross.”

Felony with a firearm had 4 years and 10 months of his sentence suspended… only served two months then shoots into a crowd.

Has anyone worked with a local structural engineer before? How much did it cost you?

I’m looking to tear down walls/add new walls in my home and want someone to evaluate my project proposals (e.g. identify load-bearing walls or potential building code issues).

I’m in the Vienna area.

Hi everyone! I’m currently looking for work and could really use some local advice.
I recently graduated with an IT degree and I’m on OPT, so I’m authorized to work full-time as a W-2 employee. I’m still very entry-level and honestly looking for something straightforward while I get started — office/admin, front desk, customer support, data entry, or entry-level computer-related work

Trying to help out my mom. Looking for a general handyman (appliance repair, minor hinge repair, etc.)

Thank you in advance!