dialup issues

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

Jeff Liebermann wrote:

Whether the
installer actually knows how to use the tester is another horror
story. I've seen both extremes.
http://www.jdsu.com/en-us/Test-and-Measurement/Products/a-z-product-list/Pages/hst-3000.aspx?rcode=hst

I had a friend in the early 1970's who was a repair/install supervisor for
New Jersey Bell. If a new employee was able to tell if they could get a dial
tone by picking up the phone, they were assigned as repairmen.

The ones that could not were assigned as installers.

He always had far more installers than repairmen.

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379
Gung Hay Fat Choy! (May the new year be prosperous).

 

[klem kedidelhopper]

On Feb 20, 1:19 am, "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <g...@mendelson.com>
wrote:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
Whether the
installer actually knows how to use the tester is another horror
story.  I've seen both extremes.
http://www.jdsu.com/en-us/Test-and-Measurement/Products/a-z-product-l....

I had a friend in the early 1970's who was a repair/install supervisor for
New Jersey Bell. If a new employee was able to tell if they could get a dial
tone by picking up the phone, they were assigned as repairmen.

The ones that could not were assigned as installers.

He always had far more installers than repairmen.

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379
Gung Hay Fat Choy! (May the new year be prosperous).

The telephone company came out and fixed the speed problem. The
repairman said that I have copper all the way to the CO now where I
hadn't before. I'm only two miles from the CO, so I can't imagine what
my line previously went through to get from my house to the CO, but
anyway that part of the problem is now resolved. The most common
connection speed I've noticed now since this upgrade has been 49.20KBS
with the slowest connection sometimes at 45.0KBS. So now I have to
figure out what's going on with the ISP.

For the most part there is improvement, however it seems that at times
even though it appears that I have a good connection it constantly
disconnects me from the server, or the little green circle, (Windows
7) turns and doesn't seem to go anywhere. This is frustrating because
it's hard to tell what's going on. Sometimes when this is happening
I'll click on the connection icon and see the data changing so it
seems to be working but aside from what it says that I'm connected at,
at what speed?

Can the connection speed change while you're connected? I've tried
different local access number and some seem to be a bit better than
others but this is very hard to properly assess too. I would like to
take this up with the ISP but I feel that I might need to be armed
with some more information though. I'm just not sure of what sort of
information that should be or where or how for that matter I can get
it. Lenny

 

[Jeff Liebermann]

On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:20:57 -0800 (PST), klem kedidelhopper
<captainvideo462009@gmail.com> wrote:

For the most part there is improvement, however it seems that at times
even though it appears that I have a good connection it constantly
disconnects me from the server

Disable call waiting on your phone service. On most services, it's
dial *70 before placing the call. You can add it to your modem
dialing string. After the call is over, call waiting returns to
normal.


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Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

 

[klem kedidelhopper]

On Feb 24, 3:45 pm, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:

On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:20:57 -0800 (PST), klem kedidelhopper

captainvideo462...@gmail.com> wrote:
For the most part there is improvement, however it seems that at times
even though it appears that I have a good connection it constantly
disconnects me from the server

Disable call waiting on your phone service.  On most services, it's
dial *70 before placing the call.  You can add it to your modem
dialing string.  After the call is over, call waiting returns to
normal.

--
Jeff Liebermann     je...@cruzio.com
150 Felker St #D    http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann     AE6KS    831-336-2558

We don't have call waiting or any other services like that that would
upset the line. What else could it be that I could suggest to the ISP?
Lenny

 

[Jeff Liebermann]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:20:47 -0800 (PST), klem kedidelhopper
<captainvideo462009@gmail.com> wrote:

On Feb 24, 3:45 pm, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:20:57 -0800 (PST), klem kedidelhopper

captainvideo462...@gmail.com> wrote:
For the most part there is improvement, however it seems that at times
even though it appears that I have a good connection it constantly
disconnects me from the server

Disable call waiting on your phone service.  On most services, it's
dial *70 before placing the call.  You can add it to your modem
dialing string.  After the call is over, call waiting returns to
normal.

We don't have call waiting or any other services like that that would
upset the line. What else could it be that I could suggest to the ISP?
Lenny

Punch *70 anyway. If nothing happens, you don't have call waiting. If
there's a beep or delay, followed by dial tone, you have call waiting.
I've seen customers that have had this feature added "accidentally" by
Ma Bell, and never noticed or were never informed.

I still would like to see what your line looks like. If you have a
USR modem, try the procedure I outlined in:
<http://www.LearnByDestroying.com/aty11/aty11.htm>

As I vaguely recall from the days when modems were in fashion, most of
the disconnects were caused by problems with the calling computer or
modem. Software would try to take over the modem control and do a bad
job of it. There were various schemes to allow talking on the phone,
while not dropping the modem line using call waiting, that worked
about half the time, and dropped the call the other half. Also,
anything going through a private phone switch or switchboard would be
subject to dropping a call.

One of the AT commands returns the "last call statistics" which
includes which end of the connection initiated dropping the
connection. That might be worth trying. Something like this:
<http://modemsite.com/56k/diag3com.asp>
<http://modemsite.com/56k/diag.asp>
<http://modemsite.com/56k/trouble.asp>

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Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558