Bloody Pipex/Tiscali/whatever!

BB OK yesterday a.m; no connection yesterday noon.
Checked loadsathings, including a cloned HDD from 3 days ago.

Zoom PCI ADSL2 modem told me:
Call status connected
Line status ADSL connection established
Attempting to activate line
Training
Channel analysis
Exchange

Voice OK, 1471 OK, 17070 just ID'd the line _twice_ then cut. Next door's
17070 OK.
Spent a small fortune today tryng to ring droidline: 'over 6 minutes - more
than 9' etc.
About 1715 h today, it's back on.

AND! a letter _today_ telling me about work on the exchange yesterday! It
happily burbled on about 'latest technology' (where's me green cabinet?) and
'we're installing...in your exchange). aLSO '20 minutes' loss of BB.

Sam Knows just mentions ADSL and Max and no unbundling; this could be a bit
behind or, more likely, the ISP hasn't done anything. According to SK I
should get 2.5Mbps, which is better than usual but I've had 3.1 about 3
years ago!

The good bit! I was connecting at 1.8Mbps and getting typiclly 150 - 180kBps
d/l; now it's connected at 2.3Mbps and the d/l is around 250kBps, so that's
an improvment.
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

"PeterC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:96o0kugtrklh.6rjx8xdlw61k$.(E-Mail Removed)...
> BB OK yesterday a.m; no connection yesterday noon.
> Checked loadsathings, including a cloned HDD from 3 days ago.
>
> Zoom PCI ADSL2 modem told me:
> Call status connected
> Line status ADSL connection established
> Attempting to activate line
> Training
> Channel analysis
> Exchange
>
> Voice OK, 1471 OK, 17070 just ID'd the line _twice_ then cut. Next door's
> 17070 OK.
> Spent a small fortune today tryng to ring droidline: 'over 6 minutes - more
> than 9' etc.
> About 1715 h today, it's back on.
>
> AND! a letter _today_ telling me about work on the exchange yesterday! It
> happily burbled on about 'latest technology' (where's me green cabinet?) and
> 'we're installing...in your exchange). aLSO '20 minutes' loss of BB.
>
> Sam Knows just mentions ADSL and Max and no unbundling; this could be a bit
> behind or, more likely, the ISP hasn't done anything. According to SK I
> should get 2.5Mbps, which is better than usual but I've had 3.1 about 3
> years ago!
>
> The good bit! I was connecting at 1.8Mbps and getting typiclly 150 - 180kBps
> d/l; now it's connected at 2.3Mbps and the d/l is around 250kBps, so that's
> an improvment.
> --
> Peter.
> The gods will stay away
> whilst religions hold sway

Similar thing happened to my SiL when they commissioned her local FTTC cab.
Except the line remained dead until she raised a fault with them.

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

"Graham." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:j0pk7v$uo1$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "PeterC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:96o0kugtrklh.6rjx8xdlw61k$.(E-Mail Removed)...
>> BB OK yesterday a.m; no connection yesterday noon.
>> Checked loadsathings, including a cloned HDD from 3 days ago.
>>
>> Zoom PCI ADSL2 modem told me:
>> Call status connected
>> Line status ADSL connection established
>> Attempting to activate line
>> Training
>> Channel analysis
>> Exchange
>>
>> Voice OK, 1471 OK, 17070 just ID'd the line _twice_ then cut. Next door's
>> 17070 OK.
>> Spent a small fortune today tryng to ring droidline: 'over 6 minutes - more
>> than 9' etc.
>> About 1715 h today, it's back on.
>>
>> AND! a letter _today_ telling me about work on the exchange yesterday! It
>> happily burbled on about 'latest technology' (where's me green cabinet?) and
>> 'we're installing...in your exchange). aLSO '20 minutes' loss of BB.
>>
>> Sam Knows just mentions ADSL and Max and no unbundling; this could be a bit
>> behind or, more likely, the ISP hasn't done anything. According to SK I
>> should get 2.5Mbps, which is better than usual but I've had 3.1 about 3
>> years ago!
>>
>> The good bit! I was connecting at 1.8Mbps and getting typiclly 150 - 180kBps
>> d/l; now it's connected at 2.3Mbps and the d/l is around 250kBps, so that's
>> an improvment.
>> --
>> Peter.
>> The gods will stay away
>> whilst religions hold sway
>
> Similar thing happened to my SiL when they commissioned her local FTTC cab.
> Except the line remained dead until she raised a fault with them.

Well not that similar now I've taken the time to read your post properly.

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

If the question is Pipex this, Tiscali that or noTalk whatever then the
answer is PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC, always.

HTH
--
fred
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On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:30:45 +0100, fred <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>If the question is Pipex this, Tiscali that or noTalk whatever then the
>answer is PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC, always.

Agreed. Moving to a decent ISP is a good idea.

In the short term I suggest ditching the PCI modem and get a real
router. An internal modem will always disconnect when you switch off
or reboot the PC. This /could/ lead to the BT equipment thinking you
have a fault and degrade your connection. Better to leave the
connection up 24/7.
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(")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking some articles
posted from there. If you wish your postings to be seen by
everyone you will need use a different method of posting.

On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:56:33 +0100, Mark
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:30:45 +0100, fred <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>If the question is Pipex this, Tiscali that or noTalk whatever then the
>>answer is PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC, always.
>
>Agreed. Moving to a decent ISP is a good idea.
>
>In the short term I suggest ditching the PCI modem and get a real
>router. An internal modem will always disconnect when you switch off
>or reboot the PC. This /could/ lead to the BT equipment thinking you
>have a fault and degrade your connection. Better to leave the
>connection up 24/7.

In my experience there is no point in leaving a router permanently
switched on. I switch off all my systems every night. That includes
the router. When I switch my systems back on the following morning
there is no sign of any reduction in speed.

Steve

--
Neural network software applications, help and support.

Neural Planner Software www.NPSL1.com

Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:56:33 +0100, Mark
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:30:45 +0100, fred <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> If the question is Pipex this, Tiscali that or noTalk whatever then the
>>> answer is PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC, always.
>> Agreed. Moving to a decent ISP is a good idea.
>>
>> In the short term I suggest ditching the PCI modem and get a real
>> router. An internal modem will always disconnect when you switch off
>> or reboot the PC. This /could/ lead to the BT equipment thinking you
>> have a fault and degrade your connection. Better to leave the
>> connection up 24/7.
>
> In my experience there is no point in leaving a router permanently
> switched on. I switch off all my systems every night. That includes
> the router. When I switch my systems back on the following morning
> there is no sign of any reduction in speed.
>
> Steve
>


Might work for a single user with a PC. doesn't work if you have dozens
of automated tasks on a server..and web sites..

On 28/07/2011 11:38, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:56:33 +0100, Mark
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:30:45 +0100, fred <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> If the question is Pipex this, Tiscali that or noTalk whatever then the
>>> answer is PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC, always.
>>
>> Agreed. Moving to a decent ISP is a good idea.
>>
>> In the short term I suggest ditching the PCI modem and get a real
>> router. An internal modem will always disconnect when you switch off
>> or reboot the PC. This /could/ lead to the BT equipment thinking you
>> have a fault and degrade your connection. Better to leave the
>> connection up 24/7.
>
> In my experience there is no point in leaving a router permanently
> switched on. I switch off all my systems every night. That includes
> the router. When I switch my systems back on the following morning
> there is no sign of any reduction in speed.

IME it depends on the quality of your connection/circuit. Regularly
turning the router off in some circumstances can cetainly have negative
repercussions.

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|Support Home & Business @
|Plusnet Plc. www.plus.net
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On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:38:25 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:56:33 +0100, Mark
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:30:45 +0100, fred <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>If the question is Pipex this, Tiscali that or noTalk whatever then the
>>>answer is PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC, always.
>>
>>Agreed. Moving to a decent ISP is a good idea.
>>
>>In the short term I suggest ditching the PCI modem and get a real
>>router. An internal modem will always disconnect when you switch off
>>or reboot the PC. This /could/ lead to the BT equipment thinking you
>>have a fault and degrade your connection. Better to leave the
>>connection up 24/7.
>
There's no or little training for an ADSL modem, surely.
It's worked OK for 4 years and watching its screen it 'trains' in asecond or
two.

> In my experience there is no point in leaving a router permanently
> switched on. I switch off all my systems every night. That includes
> the router. When I switch my systems back on the following morning
> there is no sign of any reduction in speed.
>
> Steve

Well, uninstalled the PCI modem, installed a 'proper' router and couldn't
see it from any of 3 browsers so reversed the procedure. No go until 20 min.
ago and I'm back in!
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:30:45 +0100, fred wrote:

> If the question is Pipex this, Tiscali that or noTalk whatever then the
> answer is PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC PAC, always.
>
> HTH

About a dozen calls to Pipex TS (Total ----), tried borktork's line, got a
'droid, handed on to anotherdroid, just getting somewhere and a bloody
automated survey cut in! Made a change to listen to an intelligent
conversation between the automaton and my 'phone.
Anotherdroid actually rang back, then started going through its preordained
script, then the line clicked off.
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway