[MLUG] [OT] Yet an other ISP thread.

[Stephane Bakhos]

>> Really, my only concern with aDSL is not having to deal with packet
>> loss, disconnects, and such.  I've had too many of those problems when
>> I was on it and I've seen too many clients with the same issues from
>> different providers.
>>
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> You can say that again... I've opened a dozen tickets with TSI & Bell for
> DSL sync loss over the past 6 months and still no progress...  (My DSL link
> was working fine for ~6 years then last spring I started having sync
> problems, dropped connections every ~15 mins,  ~1million FEC errors and
> ~300k CRC errors a day.
>
> Teksavvy is great though, and it's not really their fault that some "other
> 3rd party" can't fix the phone lines in the posts/CO.  But I might have to
> end up switching to cable because of this, which would be annoying since the
> main reason why I'm with TSI is because of static IP blocks which VTL
> doesn't offer.
>

Complain to Bell (411) that the phone line is noisy when the weather is 
wet or humid.

Make sure that when the tech comes around that he only checks the Bell 
part of the line and not the whole line. Say that the problem is 
intermittent and mostly when it rains.

Note that it is quite possible for squirrels to chew the telephone wiring 
enough to cause problems.