"Dave Liquorice" wrote:

Hello Dave

I already have it, despite being a nadge over 7km
according to a pingtest. I guess this is why it's proving
temperamental - six failures in three years;
DL| That failure rate is about the level my ISDN line is running
DL| at, we are 3.5km from the exchange. Most of the faults are
DL| with the bit of damp string under the ground. Last time they

Mine seem to be wire breakdowns or bad connections. The HH box failed
as well after a year.

DL| swapped the pairs for the POTS and ISDN lines, guess which
DL| one fails now...

You've got pots and HH? 3 lines?

the slightest fault that would be unnoticable on a PSTN
line dumps me completely.
DL| Occasionally a "reset" sent by the 154 (your ISDN is classed
DL| as Business isn't it?) faults operator would sort mine out.

We call 154 for reports, yeh, but their software tends to proclaim the
fault is in our house, which it rarely is. And with dodgy wiring a
reset prolly won't help us.

compare that to having to prepwire, concentrators,
wayleaves, numerous visits to every house so they're in
when they said they would be.
DL| For a new player trying to provide "the last mile" yes.
DL| Which is why no one has done it, they all rent "the last
DL| mile" from BT who, generally speaking, has wire almost
DL| everywhere.

True. LLU was really hated by BT.

--
Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK
uk.d-i-y FAQ: http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/