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Ever since the ADSL outage the other day, my net has been absolutely f*****g
s**t
My ISP dosent give a toss.
MSN dying every 2 minutes.
Download rates have dropped by 50%.
Cant stream anything.
Browsing is a joke.
My ISP dosent give a toss.

On the plus side, my connection rate appears to have improved by 500k - pity
I cant use it.

BTW, did I mention my ISP dosent give a toss ?

Yes this is probably a pointless and useless rant but I dont care - just
like my ISP.
Flame away.

XPD wrote:

> Ever since the ADSL outage the other day, my net has been absolutely
> f*****g s**t
> My ISP dosent give a toss.
> MSN dying every 2 minutes.
> Download rates have dropped by 50%.
> Cant stream anything.
> Browsing is a joke.
> My ISP dosent give a toss.
>
> On the plus side, my connection rate appears to have improved by 500k -
> pity I cant use it.
>
> BTW, did I mention my ISP dosent give a toss ?
>
> Yes this is probably a pointless and useless rant but I dont care - just
> like my ISP.
> Flame away.

Im seeing a lot of dropouts here, which gives me similar symptoms. To the
point iHug are about to put in a ticket with Telecom to get my lines
checked.
No doubt you have watched for connection dropouts as well?


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XPD wrote:
> Ever since the ADSL outage the other day, my net has been absolutely f*****g
> s**t
> My ISP dosent give a toss.
> MSN dying every 2 minutes.
> Download rates have dropped by 50%.
> Cant stream anything.
> Browsing is a joke.
> My ISP dosent give a toss.
>
> On the plus side, my connection rate appears to have improved by 500k - pity
> I cant use it.
>
> BTW, did I mention my ISP dosent give a toss ?
>
> Yes this is probably a pointless and useless rant but I dont care - just
> like my ISP.
> Flame away.
>
I'd suspect flaky ADSL modems. Try powering it off and leaving it off
for about 20 minutes. That lets your end and the Telecom end both reset.

I've only ever experienced dropouts when I used a USR ADSL modem. Now
USR are a good analog modem manufacturer - I'd recommend a USR analog
modems over any other. However, I'm suspicious of USR ADSL modems. On
this line I've have Nokia M1122s and couple of DSL and D-Link ADSL
modems with zero problems. But the USR would just not work.

Cheers,

Cliff

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In article <462ea5f3$>,
Enkidu <> wrote:

> XPD wrote:
> > Ever since the ADSL outage the other day, my net has been absolutely
> > f*****g
> > s**t
> > My ISP dosent give a toss.
> > MSN dying every 2 minutes.
> > Download rates have dropped by 50%.
> > Cant stream anything.
> > Browsing is a joke.
> > My ISP dosent give a toss.
> >
> > On the plus side, my connection rate appears to have improved by 500k -
> > pity
> > I cant use it.
> >
> > BTW, did I mention my ISP dosent give a toss ?
> >
> > Yes this is probably a pointless and useless rant but I dont care - just
> > like my ISP.
> > Flame away.
> >
> I'd suspect flaky ADSL modems. Try powering it off and leaving it off
> for about 20 minutes. That lets your end and the Telecom end both reset.
>
>
> Cliff

Also check the power supply. I have had one ADSL modem supplied with a
9v plug pack where it needed a 12v plug pack. No idea how it got the
wrong one, but once we put the right on on it it never missed a beat.

"Shane" <> wrote in message
news:f0m4ek$vad$...
>
> Im seeing a lot of dropouts here, which gives me similar symptoms. To the
> point iHug are about to put in a ticket with Telecom to get my lines
> checked.
> No doubt you have watched for connection dropouts as well?

Havent been home enough lately to keep eye on how often its happening - will
be checking router logs.

"Enkidu" <> wrote in message
news:462ea5f3$...

> I'd suspect flaky ADSL modems. Try powering it off and leaving it off for
> about 20 minutes. That lets your end and the Telecom end both reset.
>
> I've only ever experienced dropouts when I used a USR ADSL modem. Now USR
> are a good analog modem manufacturer - I'd recommend a USR analog modems
> over any other. However, I'm suspicious of USR ADSL modems. On this line
> I've have Nokia M1122s and couple of DSL and D-Link ADSL modems with zero
> problems. But the USR would just not work.

I do have a 3Com router, but dont think thats the fault as its only started
happening since the last big Telecom screw up
If I get desperate, Ill try the Dynalink one I have kicking around.

D-Link stuff I wont touch - their Wifi stuff is dodgy as hell IMHO and their
standard modem/router units are touch and go.

"whoisthis" <> wrote in message
news:who-...
>
> Also check the power supply. I have had one ADSL modem supplied with a
> 9v plug pack where it needed a 12v plug pack. No idea how it got the
> wrong one, but once we put the right on on it it never missed a beat.

Nah, using correct power and been running way too long now without issues
for it to be the wrong adaptor :-p

"XPD" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Ever since the ADSL outage the other day, my net has been absolutely
> f*****g s**t
> My ISP dosent give a toss.
> MSN dying every 2 minutes.
> Download rates have dropped by 50%.
> Cant stream anything.
> Browsing is a joke.
> My ISP dosent give a toss.

Just to add....

International has been shite all day. 30% packet loss etc.
So I call Woosh - network status states there is a known problem - "Cool,
theyll have it sorted soon....hmm wonder when that message was put on" -
press 1 for a CSR -
"Yeah just wondering when the international traffic issue will be resolved"
"Oh that will be tomorrow"
"No, the current international outage"
"Yeah thats being looked at tomorrow"
"Excuse me ???"
"Well it is Anzac day so we dont have anyone on to fix it"
"Umm... k... thanks."

XPD wrote:

> I do have a 3Com router, but dont think thats the fault as its only started
> happening since the last big Telecom screw up

The 3Com in one of my businesses is rock solid - a quick check of the
logs show an average uptime of over 7 days.

XPD wrote:
> "Enkidu" <> wrote in message
> news:462ea5f3$...
>
>> I'd suspect flaky ADSL modems. Try powering it off and leaving it off for
>> about 20 minutes. That lets your end and the Telecom end both reset.
>>
>> I've only ever experienced dropouts when I used a USR ADSL modem. Now USR
>> are a good analog modem manufacturer - I'd recommend a USR analog modems
>> over any other. However, I'm suspicious of USR ADSL modems. On this line
>> I've have Nokia M1122s and couple of DSL and D-Link ADSL modems with zero
>> problems. But the USR would just not work.
>
> I do have a 3Com router, but dont think thats the fault as its only started
> happening since the last big Telecom screw up
> If I get desperate, Ill try the Dynalink one I have kicking around.
>
> D-Link stuff I wont touch - their Wifi stuff is dodgy as hell IMHO and their
> standard modem/router units are touch and go.
>
That's not my experience of D-Links. The ones I've used have been solid
and my current 604's wireless is flawless. But I may be lucky with
D-Link and unlucky with USR.

Cheers,

Cliff

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