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From: Rowland McDonnell on 22 May 2010 09:56 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > > > > Of *course*. I'm absolutely sure that there could be no other > > > explanation. > > > > > > Cretin. > > > > > Says the incompetent... > > Oh, this should be good. Go on then - what am I doing wrong? Failing to get your ISP/telecoms provider(s) to sort out the problem. > Please keep > in mind that my ADSL connection has been fine for several years (with > the same ISP) until Feb. [snip] Case proven, really. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 22 May 2010 10:03 Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > On 22/05/2010 10:01, T i m wrote: > > > Stats from my Fritz! router. Received this month: 107283MB > > > > VM Cable. ;-) > > > > And? > > That's nothing. Whatever data rate you're getting, it's nothing compared to the data that flows out of CERN when the detectors are running. They throw away almost all of the measurements they make. The data rates they end up with after disposing of most of the measured data are staggering. I don't think any other organization works with such streams - I assume Google handles similar magnitude data flow looked at over the whole world, but CERN's stuff all just comes out of one lab. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 22 May 2010 10:07 Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > > Oh, this should be good. Go on then - what am I doing wrong? Please keep > > in mind that my ADSL connection has been fine for several years (with > > the same ISP) until Feb. > > > > Why did you not phone your ISP to get them to sort it? I love the way you incorrectly assume I haven't. Yes, a change of ISP may be on the cards if they can't sort it, but I'm pretty sure that it's a problem at the exchange and not the ISP. I don't change ISPs lightly. Tests are being run and an engineer may be visiting. We'll see. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Bruce Horrocks on 22 May 2010 16:17 On 22/05/2010 13:58, Jim wrote: > Go back and read what I originally posted - something happened back in > Feb that stopped from being (fairly) trouble free. No changes had been > made at my end. Well, no deliberate changes but phone kit can start to break down and mess up the signal. I trust you have tried disconnecting everything and running the ADSL modem straight off the master socket to see what signal strength/throughput you get? -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Jim on 22 May 2010 16:21
Bruce Horrocks <07.013(a)scorecrow.com> wrote: > Well, no deliberate changes but phone kit can start to break down and > mess up the signal. I trust you have tried disconnecting everything and > running the ADSL modem straight off the master socket to see what signal > strength/throughput you get? Yep. Different filters. Different routers. Different phones. Test socket (faceplate off) Pretty sure the fault isn't within my walls. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ |