Nope. My ASDL stays up thru rain, sleet, snow, etc. You name it...
It should not go away...:)
DHSinclair wrote:
Is it normal (expected) that when I have rain locally, I should expect
my DSL
connection to go away?
You're got a leak in one of the line's junction boxes. Call complain.
Rick Q
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:06 PM, DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not wanting to start a big controversy here. Just want to know what to
expect
in the future with my current DSL provider (BellSouth/ATT).
Is
No, it's not normal for DSL to go away during a rain storm.
When that happens, can you hear hum or crackling noises on
the voice line? (Dial 1 first to get rid of the dial tone.)
If the voice line is impeded also, it means the line is getting
flooded out by he rain.
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP
My DSL also goes down in the rain.
Not wanting to start a big controversy here. Just want to know what to
expect
in the future with my current DSL provider (BellSouth/ATT).
Is it normal (expected) that when I have rain locally, I should expect my
DSL
connection to go away?
By go away I
I wouldn't say it's exactly normal but it happens. I live in the RTP
area of NC (and in Verizon land rather than bellsouth) and when it
rains here, one of our office fax lines stops working, and our DSL
used to get intermittent. We had to complain many times to the phone
company before the
