View Full Version : Question about DSL connection
garvey
11-05-2006, 03:47 PM
The past few days, we've been loosing connection throogh a DSL modem that has been in place now for about 3+ years.
I know that's where the problem is because when I link to one of my neighbor's wifi connections through my Centrino based laptop, I have no problems.
Does anyone have any ideas about the life expectancy of one of these modems? It came from Earthlink when I upgraded from a dial up connection on their isp.
Thanks
Patonb
11-05-2006, 05:40 PM
Is your neighbour on Earthlink? are you in an apartment or seperate house? Ar you connecting via a routor? There's many reason's why you could be losing it, including age of your modem.
My favorite DSL killing discovery is electronic dimmers. They have a knack for wiping the DSL out when they are on. Some sort of RF generated by those that kills the DSL signal on the phone line
garvey
11-06-2006, 07:25 AM
The dimmer theory is intriguing. My wife was complaining last night that everyone fails to turn off the dining room light - they just push down the dimmer - recently installed - instead of turning it off. It's just above the modem which resides in the basement.
I've been having a lot of problems with my DSL connection during the last month. I had a guy from Bellsouth(our ISP) come out and look at it. He said it looked fine and could be spyware eating the bandwitdth. Well I doubt it as I have two anti-spyware programs. It seems to fluctuate a lot at random. I still think our ISP has issues.
porchdog
11-06-2006, 12:30 PM
I have DSL and had to replace my modem last Friday and then again on Saturday. All is well since, I also lost my telephone, lost internet first and then telephone within a few hours. I noticed surfing slowed down prior to losing it all.
DSL technology is not the best out there when it comes to connectivit as a dsl connection can be affected by a number of reasons.
Does your phone line make any crackling sounds when you make or recieve a call? and have you checked your splitter coz normally thats the first thing to go as the modems are normally built to last much longer then 3 years provided your usb porn isint pushing currents beyond the modems expectations.
ask the service provider to do a line test which they can do remotely and see if the distortation in your line is within permissable limits.