Re: dial-up "response"
- From: "Paul E. Schoen" <pstech@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 22:20:29 -0400
"Robert Baer" <robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Trying to download something larger than 2Meg; used to be possible but
recently not.
Observtions: short 100-300mSec burst or bursts incoming followed by
1-20sec no data transfer; repeats until line drops out for no apparent
reason.
Solutions other than unobtainable high speed connection?
Probably a noisy phone line on your end, or a bad modem or other problem at
your ISP. I have dial-up and had this problem sometimes, and I could hear
static when I picked up a phone on the same line. This happened for a while
after rainy spells, so probably water in the cable. There were also vines
growing around and into the junction box on the pole. About like this:
http://www.smart.net/~pstech/PowerJungle03_200807.jpg
http://www.smart.net/~pstech/PowerJungle04_200807.jpg
http://www.smart.net/~pstech/PowerJungle07_200807.jpg
Finally I experienced a close lightning strike that caused more visible
damage, and the Telco replaced the line. The arc apparently traveled down a
large sycamore tree until it reached a power line, where it arced into the
neutral, and causing a fireball that broke the window and got into the
nearby phone line. I was working on my computer about 50 feet away, and I
could smell ozone after the flash-bang.
http://www.smart.net/~pstech/Lightning/Lightning038.JPG
http://www.smart.net/~pstech/Lightning/Lightning039.JPG
http://www.smart.net/~pstech/Lightning/Lightning040.JPG
http://www.smart.net/~pstech/Lightning/Lightning041.JPG
Paul
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