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dialup issues
Jeff Liebermann wrote:
Whether the installer actually knows how to use the tester is another horror story. I've seen both extremes. http://www.jdsu.com/en-us/Test-and-Measurement/Products/a-z-product-list/Pages/hst-3000.aspx?rcode=hst I had a friend in the early 1970's who was a repair/install supervisor for New Jersey Bell. If a new employee was able to tell if they could get a dial tone by picking up the phone, they were assigned as repairmen. The ones that could not were assigned as installers. He always had far more installers than repairmen. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 Gung Hay Fat Choy! (May the new year be prosperous). |
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On Feb 20, 1:19*am, "Geoffrey S. Mendelson"
wrote: Jeff Liebermann wrote: Whether the installer actually knows how to use the tester is another horror story. *I've seen both extremes. http://www.jdsu.com/en-us/Test-and-Measurement/Products/a-z-product-l.... I had a friend in the early 1970's who was a repair/install supervisor for New Jersey Bell. If a new employee was able to tell if they could get a dial tone by picking up the phone, they were assigned as repairmen. The ones that could not were assigned as installers. He always had far more installers than repairmen. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, *N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 Gung Hay Fat Choy! (May the new year be prosperous). The telephone company came out and fixed the speed problem. The repairman said that I have copper all the way to the CO now where I hadn't before. I'm only two miles from the CO, so I can't imagine what my line previously went through to get from my house to the CO, but anyway that part of the problem is now resolved. The most common connection speed I've noticed now since this upgrade has been 49.20KBS with the slowest connection sometimes at 45.0KBS. So now I have to figure out what's going on with the ISP. For the most part there is improvement, however it seems that at times even though it appears that I have a good connection it constantly disconnects me from the server, or the little green circle, (Windows 7) turns and doesn't seem to go anywhere. This is frustrating because it's hard to tell what's going on. Sometimes when this is happening I'll click on the connection icon and see the data changing so it seems to be working but aside from what it says that I'm connected at, at what speed? Can the connection speed change while you're connected? I've tried different local access number and some seem to be a bit better than others but this is very hard to properly assess too. I would like to take this up with the ISP but I feel that I might need to be armed with some more information though. I'm just not sure of what sort of information that should be or where or how for that matter I can get it. Lenny |
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:20:57 -0800 (PST), klem kedidelhopper
wrote: For the most part there is improvement, however it seems that at times even though it appears that I have a good connection it constantly disconnects me from the server Disable call waiting on your phone service. On most services, it's dial *70 before placing the call. You can add it to your modem dialing string. After the call is over, call waiting returns to normal. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Feb 24, 3:45*pm, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:20:57 -0800 (PST), klem kedidelhopper wrote: For the most part there is improvement, however it seems that at times even though it appears that I have a good connection it constantly disconnects me from the server Disable call waiting on your phone service. *On most services, it's dial *70 before placing the call. *You can add it to your modem dialing string. *After the call is over, call waiting returns to normal. -- Jeff Liebermann * * 150 Felker St #D * *http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann * * AE6KS * *831-336-2558 We don't have call waiting or any other services like that that would upset the line. What else could it be that I could suggest to the ISP? Lenny |
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:20:47 -0800 (PST), klem kedidelhopper
wrote: On Feb 24, 3:45*pm, Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:20:57 -0800 (PST), klem kedidelhopper wrote: For the most part there is improvement, however it seems that at times even though it appears that I have a good connection it constantly disconnects me from the server Disable call waiting on your phone service. *On most services, it's dial *70 before placing the call. *You can add it to your modem dialing string. *After the call is over, call waiting returns to normal. We don't have call waiting or any other services like that that would upset the line. What else could it be that I could suggest to the ISP? Lenny Punch *70 anyway. If nothing happens, you don't have call waiting. If there's a beep or delay, followed by dial tone, you have call waiting. I've seen customers that have had this feature added "accidentally" by Ma Bell, and never noticed or were never informed. I still would like to see what your line looks like. If you have a USR modem, try the procedure I outlined in: http://www.LearnByDestroying.com/aty11/aty11.htm As I vaguely recall from the days when modems were in fashion, most of the disconnects were caused by problems with the calling computer or modem. Software would try to take over the modem control and do a bad job of it. There were various schemes to allow talking on the phone, while not dropping the modem line using call waiting, that worked about half the time, and dropped the call the other half. Also, anything going through a private phone switch or switchboard would be subject to dropping a call. One of the AT commands returns the "last call statistics" which includes which end of the connection initiated dropping the connection. That might be worth trying. Something like this: http://modemsite.com/56k/diag3com.asp http://modemsite.com/56k/diag.asp http://modemsite.com/56k/trouble.asp -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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