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Post by Ali on Feb 1, 2011 18:22:01 GMT 1
Crikes have read through your post 5 times now Terminator, phew! As for errors, the lights were all on and no access, then sometimes adsl light went off, then sometimes on - gave up in the end - kept the old d-link tho 'just in case' and going to 'play with it' on another phone point. Checked on the distance site and we're 3,5 kms from exchange, but on a contract anyway for max 1mbps which is all we can get here thro the isp's. The telephone lines here run through trees, cattle sheds, brambles, up chimneys, down drains, across the river............. it's probably very wonky! Yus, the prob wasn't the filters. Think I was just hoping for that. Never did know what was inside them, kept meaning to take a lump hammer to one to find out Yus, always had the d-link propped on a cork mat to get some air circulation around the hot little thing, the new one is on a stand. BartyB had said a life span of 4 - 5 years and ours was on the nail for that comment, I do expect it was the modem. Connection would drop out quite a lot and increasingly more so until access was very limited and then no access at all. I reckon you just dont want to part with hard earned cash Will have a look at cdiscount.com too. Thanks for all comments, though the stupid part on my side was that I couldn't get online half the time to read them hahahaha doh me.
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Post by The Terminator on Feb 1, 2011 19:07:52 GMT 1
Did the degrouptest results say that you could get higher speeds from another supplier? You can check your real line speed using mire.ipadsl.net/speedtest.php or the test at www.bandwidthplace.com/, but it sounds like you're a bit out in the boonies for anything startling... Over longer distances, noise on the line, resistance and cross-talk between yer ADSL link and yer voice link are a problem. The best modems I've read about for overcoming low signal-to-noise ratios (i.e. they can hang on to a noisy connection like grim death) are the Speedtouch 585 & 576, Netgear DG834 and DG834/G, Westell 6100, and D-Link DSL-G604T. Other things that can sometimes help: use an Ethernet cable, Netplug or fast Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi N rather than B or G) to connect your puter to your modem, not a USB cable; keep cordless phones at a healthy distance from your modem; get an electrician to install an ADSL Master Filter (filtre maître ADSL) to your phone line's junction box (supposed to improve things even if you already use individual filters); put an ADSL filter on all phone sockets in the house, not just those with a phone/fax attached; cross your fingers and pray to the deity of your choice Alternatively you can go to satellite broadband, which offers up to 4 Mbit/s, but with limited download amounts -- probably not too suitable for running a biz website and forum. -- Da Terminator
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Post by BartyB on Feb 1, 2011 19:28:41 GMT 1
you can go to satellite broadband, which offers up to 4 Mbit/s My satellite BB is 8mbs down and 2 mbs up BUT we use the 1mbs 150(ish)kbs cable connection for general surfing because the latencey on satellite no matter how fast more than negates the outright speed. Sorry for the minor rant but people suggesting satellite as an alternative to a usable cabled connection makes me a little cross (and I'm a satellite ISP!!!!)
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Post by mrs moustoir on Feb 1, 2011 19:43:51 GMT 1
Mirabelle, our phone line runs through 2 farms and through a wood, so as you can imagine it get's chooped quite frequently. So what we do is take a photo of the damage and print it off, print off a google earth map showing exactly where the problem is and take both into our local Orange shop (Pontivy). It's normally sorted the same or following day. So weird you should post this Bart. Came home this pm and our pole has been demolished - probably by the blokes cutting the verges. The pole is smashed to smithereens and the box thingy is propped up on a twig with the cables practically on the ground. No wonder our 'phone and internet has been a bit poo. Wasn't sure who to tell...but now I know! Shame I didn't see the damage earlier as I've been to Pontivy today.
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Post by mrs moustoir on Feb 2, 2011 13:27:19 GMT 1
Here is the said demolished pole Internet now very slooooooooooooow - and phone on and off.
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Post by Madame Moorhen on Feb 2, 2011 13:38:30 GMT 1
Oooh blimey! Hope you don't have to wait too long for that to get fixed. Ours seems to be OK since 'im indoors unplugged his Skype phone...... but that doesn't make sense cos it was plugged in before back when it was working properly. Maybe just a co-incidence.
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Post by The Terminator on Feb 2, 2011 14:09:16 GMT 1
Thanks to Bartyb for the input on satellite broadband -- I'd heard mixed reports about it, hence didn't recommend it for serious/business usage -- sounds like it would only be useful to someone so far out in the boonies that FT would think twice about running a cable to them!
Our problem stems from the line or modem, as the ADSL line indicator starts flashing before internet connectivity is lost. The modem reports a handshake error -- it hasn't grown arms, it just means that modem is having difficulty exchanging our service ID & password with the ISP's server. I can't see any damage on the line leading to the house, so suspect some interference with or malfunction of the modem.
So, yesterday I turned off the DECT cordless house phone which sits about five feet away from the ADSL modem. The connection stayed stable all day, with only one disconnect in the evening. So I turned the phone back on, but disconnected the Skype DECT cordless phone, my business line, which also sits around five feet away from the modem. Madame M has reported one disconnect this lunchtime, otherwise the connection has been fine. Next step: disconnect both and see what happens.
Some cordless phones are supposed to interfere with ADSL modems, so I thought it worth a try, even though as Mme M says the cordless phones have been there for a couple of years. Maybe modems become more sensitive over time, as they get older and have to suffer increasingly high levels of harsh language...
-- Da Terminator
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Post by Madame Moorhen on Feb 2, 2011 14:29:30 GMT 1
And actually it's faster than it has been for a while, too!
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Post by bottomburp on Feb 2, 2011 15:02:12 GMT 1
Cordless phones interfere with wifi. But thats another story.
BB
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Post by BartyB on Feb 2, 2011 21:31:06 GMT 1
satellite broadband -- I'd heard mixed reports about it, hence didn't recommend it for serious/business usage About as wrong as can be I'm afraid, sat broadband is perfect for business users but possibly not so good for domestic users IN GENERAL. Satellite broadband is not just Nordnet (astra2connect) Sat2Way (tooway) which are pared down services for domestic users. Services are avaiable asymetrical up to 10mbs/4mbs down/up with unlimitted data transfer (at a price). Using a "normal" service we streamed live video for 5 straight days from a music festival, we provide systems for remote control of power substations, rural business centres, oil rigs and fallback systems for all manner of offices. In any event as all satellite internet providers will tell you when a reliable cable based internet connection is available this should be used.
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