Re: [OT] Dialup / ISP advice pls!

["Justin" <justin@xxxxxxx>]

>Is the phone line out in the 'sticks' with few other houses nearby?

The house in a large estate, approx 25 years old.

I'll try another modem and if that does the same I guess he will need to
speak to BT.
Also, the extension to the modem from the master socket is new, so I don't
think there is an internal cabling problem.

Cheers,

Justin.
----- Original Message -----
From: Simon Coates <ecolume@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Dialup / ISP advice pls!


> >Firstly, the modem (56k) only ever connects at 33,600bps. I did
ask, and
> >apparently there used to be a second line, so I guess it might be
DACS'd(?)
> >sound right? If so, can this be reversed?
>
> Not sure it would even reach 33.6k if it was.  Is the phone line out
in
the
> 'sticks' with few other houses nearby? - if so then a single analogue
line
> may have been split.  If it has then the unit can be removed and you
would
> get a single standard analogue line.  It would be sited in the closest
> available BT connection box.
>
> OR, it may just be a bad phone line/connection, and the modem is
dropping
to
> 33.6k.  That could also explain the disconnections.
>
> Regards
>
> Simon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Justin <justin@xxxxxxx>
> To: UKHA <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: 29 January 2002 21:45
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Dialup / ISP advice pls!
>
>
> > Sorry to ask, but I have been off dialup for over a year and am
out of
> > touch!
> > Recently I set-up a PC for my brother and he has been having
loads of
> > trouble with dialup.
> > Firstly, the modem (56k) only ever connects at 33,600bps. I did
ask, and
> > apparently there used to be a second line, so I guess it might be
> DACS'd(?)
> > sound right? If so, can this be reversed?
> >
> > Secondly, he is using Freeserve, on my recommendation, as I found
them
> > pretty good in the past. The problem is that the connection seems
to
drop
> > all the time! it might go 10, 15 20 mins, but no more. Anyone
here with
> > Freeserve? Are they just crap, or is there another explanation?
> >
> > Help greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Justin.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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