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#25 Re: Broadband Schmoadband
December 18, 2006, 02:25:43 pm
More broadband troubleshooting stuff at:

http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/troubleshooting/

The video is quite useful for DNS etc stuff

Not sure about the physics of why christmas lights are bad for broadband but as I understand it any electrical signal seems to have an adverse effect on DSL (central heating etc)

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#26 Re: Broadband Schmoadband
December 18, 2006, 02:49:06 pm
I 'spose bribing RobinB with Wad points for a PlusNet discount is out of the question? ;) and morally questionable?!

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#27 Re: Broadband Schmoadband
December 18, 2006, 05:46:01 pm
Hey Robin, appreciate the help.

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Has your modem ever worked on a broadband connection?

Not sure. Have tried two brand new modems now though. Also, as I said above, it works perfectly on some websites.

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The sync light on the modem - is it on, off or flashing? If on or flashing is this constant or intermittent?

I presume you mean the DSL light rather than the data light? When connected it is on steadily. The data light flashes intermittently.

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Have you tried plugging straight into the master socket and/or using a new microfilter?

I haven't tried a direct connection as this would involve moving the pc into an awkward spot. I have tried several different extensions and microfilters though, with no change in results.

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Other things to consider are:
If your provider has provided you on a BT Up to 8 Mb product, the service will generally be poor for the first 10 days of service while the equipment at the exchange 'trains up' to the characteristics of your line

Interesting - didn't know that. Hopefully the equipment at the exchange isn't 'training up' to only access the metoffice...

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#28 Re: Broadband Schmoadband
December 18, 2006, 11:51:54 pm
I'm sure I've used that last modem I gave you before and it worked ok.
Other than plugging direct into the master socket the only other thing to do would be to do a reformat and fresh install

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#29 Re: Broadband Schmoadband
December 19, 2006, 11:24:57 am
Had one of our techie guys have a look and he said that since the hardware setup seems to be OK, it is probably something on the PC, probably either modem drivers or browser-related that is causing the fault. He suggested:

1. Re-install the modem drivers
2. Try to browse with a different browser (this will obviously be a bit of a pain if you dont already have another browser installed)

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#30 Re: Broadband Schmoadband
December 19, 2006, 11:42:53 am
Ta, but those were two of the first things I did. My brother-in-law is in full-time IT support, and yesterday had a good hunt round the pc remotely. He also seems to think the hardware is ok but couldn't locate the problem.

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#31 Re: Broadband Schmoadband
December 20, 2006, 10:59:57 am
Sounds like you're tried pretty much everything our tech guys have suggested. Short of trying to connect with a completely different PC / Router combination on your line and then narrowing it down from there I dont know what else to suggest

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#32 Re: Broadband Schmoadband
December 29, 2006, 08:29:20 pm
and.... 'HE'S BACK IN THE GAME!' Huzzah for PlusNet! Booo to TalkTalk.

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#33 Re: Broadband Schmoadband
December 30, 2006, 06:33:29 am
give us a clue then?

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#34 Re: Broadband Schmoadband
December 30, 2006, 05:19:32 pm
Just got Obi Towers online.  Binned TT and re-signed with PlusNet. Nice.

 

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