flares

Anyone else been noticing the effect of the recent solar flares on their internet connection. I have and also I noticed that I could hear it on my cordless phone as well.

Does anyone have any information on this? A friend of mine received a paper which said global warming is caused by solar flares. IIRC, this is not true. It seems I remember reading a response on this forum explaining why, but doing a search on this topic on this forum is a daunting task.