Removed DACS unit and still only 28.8k???

Supposed to have had the DACS unit removed this week (the engineer showed
the wife the box he took out!) but I can still only get 28.8k on my dial up.

Any suggestions? BT have said they will increase the gain on the line but
they only have to provide 28.8k and no more!!!!

Now - the reason why I am posting this to a b/band ng - I am supposed to be
activated for BT ADSL on the 16th - is the fact that I get a poor speed
going to be an issue with my b/band?

Anyone know any shortcuts through the interminable BT voicemail hell??!!

TIA

SalesGuy

"SalesGuy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bqqvgq$25rvoo$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Supposed to have had the DACS unit removed this week (the engineer showed
> the wife the box he took out!) but I can still only get 28.8k on my dial
up.
>
> Any suggestions? BT have said they will increase the gain on the line but
> they only have to provide 28.8k and no more!!!!
>
> Now - the reason why I am posting this to a b/band ng - I am supposed to
be
> activated for BT ADSL on the 16th - is the fact that I get a poor speed
> going to be an issue with my b/band?

Dial up speed will make no difference to your ADSL connection.

I presume the DACS box was removed by BT automatically as part of your ADSL
order?

If you are going to be using ADSL in future, I woudn't worry about 28.8K -
its only for a week

Regards
Sunil

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 22:07:24 -0000, "SalesGuy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Now - the reason why I am posting this to a b/band ng - I am supposed to be
>activated for BT ADSL on the 16th - is the fact that I get a poor speed
>going to be an issue with my b/band?

Shouldn't be a prob. I have only ever got 26/28K or 33K (whoo hoo!) on a
v.good day on dial-up despite being <1Km line length from the exchange -
even after BT installed new drop wires and sorted out no end of reliability
problems on the line - but the dsl works just fine for me. It even worked
without probs for over a week with a broken wire between house and pole.
No analogue service at all but dsl OK. Not exactly sure how/why but
impressed all the same - which is more than can be said about BT who took
almost 2 wks to fix the damn fault despite being given positive proof of a
break or iffy joint on the line. Grrrrrrrr.

>Anyone know any shortcuts through the interminable BT voicemail hell??!!

in a word ........ no :-( Even if you get hold of a direct number through
to engineering or whatever, they dont answer the call. All you get is some
dumb blonde bint whose total knowledge about telecoms extends to
understanding that if you put the thing to your ear you can hear voices !
Oooops, a lil non-pc methinks but it kinda sums up my experience :-)

--
Mike

"SalesGuy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bqqvgq$25rvoo$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Supposed to have had the DACS unit removed this week (the engineer
showed
> the wife the box he took out!) but I can still only get 28.8k on my
dial up.
>
> Any suggestions? BT have said they will increase the gain on the line
but
> they only have to provide 28.8k and no more!!!!
>
> Now - the reason why I am posting this to a b/band ng - I am supposed
to be
> activated for BT ADSL on the 16th - is the fact that I get a poor
speed
> going to be an issue with my b/band?
>
> Anyone know any shortcuts through the interminable BT voicemail
hell??!!
>
> TIA
>
> SalesGuy
>
>
What is the make/model of your dial up modem ???

"Steven Pilbeam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "SalesGuy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bqqvgq$25rvoo$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Supposed to have had the DACS unit removed this week (the engineer
> showed
> > the wife the box he took out!) but I can still only get 28.8k on my
> dial up.
> >
> > Any suggestions? BT have said they will increase the gain on the line
> but
> > they only have to provide 28.8k and no more!!!!
> >
> > Now - the reason why I am posting this to a b/band ng - I am supposed
> to be
> > activated for BT ADSL on the 16th - is the fact that I get a poor
> speed
> > going to be an issue with my b/band?
> >
> > Anyone know any shortcuts through the interminable BT voicemail
> hell??!!
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > SalesGuy
> >
> >
> What is the make/model of your dial up modem ???
>
>

Intel 536EP v.92


SalesGuy

"SalesGuy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > What is the make/model of your dial up modem ???
>
> Intel 536EP v.92

Is that one of those cheap Ebuyer modems? The model certainly sounds
similar.

If so, use the correct drivers on the cd - don't download the update from
Windows Update.

I had a problem with connection speeds on a machine I upgrading and traced
it back to this..

Regards
Sunil

"Sunil Sood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "SalesGuy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bqt3dg$25rd6r$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > What is the make/model of your dial up modem ???
> >
> > Intel 536EP v.92
>
> Is that one of those cheap Ebuyer modems? The model certainly sounds
> similar.
>
> If so, use the correct drivers on the cd - don't download the update from
> Windows Update.
>
> I had a problem with connection speeds on a machine I upgrading and traced
> it back to this..

Seconded. There are a lot of crappy modems out there - borrow a different
model and try that if you can. Also try dialling different ISPs.

A little-known property of DACS is that it can actually *improve* connection
speeds on some lines.

--
Phil McKerracher
www.mckerracher.org

dsl is a bit happier with a bad quality line, not like highway or isdn(grrr)
which will drop out at a crackle then park up. coz it works on freq not
digi.
"Phil McKerracher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Sunil Sood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bqt415$269dob$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "SalesGuy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:bqt3dg$25rd6r$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > What is the make/model of your dial up modem ???
> > >
> > > Intel 536EP v.92
> >
> > Is that one of those cheap Ebuyer modems? The model certainly sounds
> > similar.
> >
> > If so, use the correct drivers on the cd - don't download the update
from
> > Windows Update.
> >
> > I had a problem with connection speeds on a machine I upgrading and
traced
> > it back to this..
>
> Seconded. There are a lot of crappy modems out there - borrow a different
> model and try that if you can. Also try dialling different ISPs.
>
> A little-known property of DACS is that it can actually *improve*
connection
> speeds on some lines.
>
> --
> Phil McKerracher
> www.mckerracher.org
>
>
>
>

jamie wrote:
> dsl is a bit happier with a bad quality line, not like highway or
> isdn(grrr) which will drop out at a crackle then park up. coz it
> works on freq not digi.


But noise spikes can (normally will) cause problems with the
connection