Kid Presentable
03-08-2006, 11:29 AM
I got broadband a while ago. for you lot in the northern hemisphere, our DSL technology in Australia is fairly shitty, I gather. Perhaps moreso on the west coast.
So I logged a telecommunications fault with my ISP back in October; my modem wasn't able to achieve a connection. The ISP sorted it out and all was well. Until I noticed that the connection was dropping out at least once a day. I was told that it was fairly normal for this to occur once every 10 000 minutes, and paid it no mind.
Recently I noticed that people were telling me my msn had been signing in repeatedly all day (something they observe on their desktops, naturally). I though it strange and took note. My DSL connection subsequently dropped out 29 times this month (check the date!).
I contacted the ISP to enquire about this, and have now arranged a loan modem for troubleshooting purposes.
A number of theories have been presented to me by people I know, who are in the know. One suggestion was that Telstra (the mighty phone gods) had oversold on the network in my area, and I was simply the victim of this. Another theory was that the sealant on the cable junctions may be cracking in the heat, and causing dropouts. Obviously I'm just hoping it's a twitchy modem.
Yes, this is a boring thread, typed by a nonsensical being. But I was wondering if anybody out there could surmise a possible problem from this information? It used to be that the net was kind of a luxury for us, but now I need to rely on it fairly heavily, and can't afford to be at the mercy of an unreliable service.
Thanks.
So I logged a telecommunications fault with my ISP back in October; my modem wasn't able to achieve a connection. The ISP sorted it out and all was well. Until I noticed that the connection was dropping out at least once a day. I was told that it was fairly normal for this to occur once every 10 000 minutes, and paid it no mind.
Recently I noticed that people were telling me my msn had been signing in repeatedly all day (something they observe on their desktops, naturally). I though it strange and took note. My DSL connection subsequently dropped out 29 times this month (check the date!).
I contacted the ISP to enquire about this, and have now arranged a loan modem for troubleshooting purposes.
A number of theories have been presented to me by people I know, who are in the know. One suggestion was that Telstra (the mighty phone gods) had oversold on the network in my area, and I was simply the victim of this. Another theory was that the sealant on the cable junctions may be cracking in the heat, and causing dropouts. Obviously I'm just hoping it's a twitchy modem.
Yes, this is a boring thread, typed by a nonsensical being. But I was wondering if anybody out there could surmise a possible problem from this information? It used to be that the net was kind of a luxury for us, but now I need to rely on it fairly heavily, and can't afford to be at the mercy of an unreliable service.
Thanks.