Hi muggers
I have been experiencing an annoying problem each time I dial up to
the net (G4 800, 9.2.2), and am wondering if others have the same.
About 2-3 minutes after being online I am disconnected. I have to
re-dial again, and then Im on for as long as I want...about 30min
until I log out. This happens every single time I dial up!! It costs
me 2 phone calls instead of one. I have been in my present house for
nearly 3 years, with the same isp and phone connection on a 56k
internal modem. No problems until about 3 months ago. Telstra advised
me to ask my isp how to reduce the data transfer rate of my
modem...that was the problem!? I have changed my modem software back
to V34, but my download speed dropped to 2k/sec from 5k/sec...Im sick
of that slow speed. No problems like this last year...same set up.
A friend of mine, who is running with a different ISP has had exactly
the same problem. He rang telstra and really gave it to them. The
problem has stopped for him!! He mentioned to me that a few years ago
a person in Qld looked into a similar problem and found that telstra
was using some sort of 'pinging' software to test lines and this
caused disconnections.
What is going on here...does anyone experience the same?
Any suggestions greatly appreciated
regards
chris
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