Tiscali Broadband connection cycling on and off

Hi,
My neighbour can't get on line with his Tiscali broadband through a
Sagem USB Modem. The connection keeps cycling between:
....Connecting 4 seconds, Connected 12 seconds, Disconnected 4
seconds...
Round and round it goes like this interminably. Please can anyone tell
me if this is a known problem with a remedy? My neighbours daughter has
been dowloading and installing a lot of stuff from the Internet. Some
of it looks a bit suspect, so the problem may stem from this activity.
TIA
Regards,
Mike

> Hi,
> My neighbour can't get on line with his Tiscali broadband through a
> Sagem USB Modem. The connection keeps cycling between:
> ...Connecting 4 seconds, Connected 12 seconds, Disconnected 4
> seconds...
> Round and round it goes like this interminably. Please can anyone tell
> me if this is a known problem with a remedy? My neighbours daughter has
> been dowloading and installing a lot of stuff from the Internet. Some
> of it looks a bit suspect, so the problem may stem from this activity.
> TIA
> Regards,
> Mike

Is the ADSL light on the Segem flashing or steady when this is happening?

--
Graham.



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Graham wrote:
> > Hi,
> > My neighbour can't get on line with his Tiscali broadband through a
> > Sagem USB Modem. The connection keeps cycling between:
> > ...Connecting 4 seconds, Connected 12 seconds, Disconnected 4
> > seconds...
> > Round and round it goes like this interminably. Please can anyone tell
> > me if this is a known problem with a remedy? My neighbours daughter has
> > been dowloading and installing a lot of stuff from the Internet. Some
> > of it looks a bit suspect, so the problem may stem from this activity.
> > TIA
> > Regards,
> > Mike
>
> Is the ADSL light on the Segem flashing or steady when this is happening?
>
> --
> Graham.
>
>
>
> %Profound_observation%

Steady, I think. I can't make sure just now because the owner lost his
nerve and jumped on a boat to elsewhere. Back on Monday. :-)

Regards,
Mike

On 2 Sep 2005, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>My neighbours daughter has been dowloading and installing a lot of
>stuff from the Internet. Some of it looks a bit suspect, so the
>problem may stem from this activity.

I don't suppose you have acces to a router so the line / link can be shown to
work reliably and anything else is down to the PC/ software/ USB (spit! :-)

--

UK ADSL <http://tinyurl.com/5jpa4> - Happy to save cash with Plus.Net!!

Don't waste your time. Bin the modem and buy a proper one. I have a drawer
full of these modems all from Tiscali and they do not work.

Bert.
"poster" <us-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed). net...
> On 2 Sep 2005, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>>My neighbours daughter has been dowloading and installing a lot of
>>stuff from the Internet. Some of it looks a bit suspect, so the
>>problem may stem from this activity.
>
> I don't suppose you have acces to a router so the line / link can be shown
> to
> work reliably and anything else is down to the PC/ software/ USB (spit!
> :-)
>
> --
>
> UK ADSL <http://tinyurl.com/5jpa4> - Happy to save cash with Plus.Net!!

poster wrote:
> On 2 Sep 2005, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
> >My neighbours daughter has been dowloading and installing a lot of
> >stuff from the Internet. Some of it looks a bit suspect, so the
> >problem may stem from this activity.
>
> I don't suppose you have acces to a router so the line / link can be shown to
> work reliably and anything else is down to the PC/ software/ USB (spit! :-)

Seems like something to try. Thanks for the tip.
Regards,
Mike

Bert wrote:
> Don't waste your time. Bin the modem and buy a proper one. I have a drawer
> full of these modems all from Tiscali and they do not work.

Quite possibly so but still giving the modem the benefit up to now.

Regards,
Mike