Subject: Re: AT&T DSL
From: Rodell Knight (rodellknight@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Mar 19 2010 - 05:57:25 CST
I have had at&t DSL for a while. The newer 2-wire wireless router from my
experience has been garbage. It may be source of your pain as it may be on
its last legs. The older 2-wire wireless router works well and great. I gave
my older one to my parents so that they can have a problem-free experience.
I have burned through 2 of the newer ones and will now get a all together
different model where I can provide the software/firmware for it myself so I
don't have all these problems. You check if there is a firmware update for
yours that is recommended. You can have at&t check and tell you if you are
having problems on your line our at the house. You can check some things
from your router. Additionally if you have DSL running on the main line
(inner pair of phone wires) this is the same line our buildings buzzer
system runs on. It also sends a digital signal on this line which disrupts
the DSL signal. DSL will work in general but when someone buzzes in the
routing table gets changed on the machine for that time and can cause packet
routing problems (appearance of poor at&t service...). If you are running a
VPN session that doesn't allow routing table updates while the VPN tunnel is
up it will drop your VPN due to the routing table change. For this I would
recommend you request at&t move your phone line to the outer pair of wires
on the phone cord. I had that done years ago. I just hope the issue is a
technicians oversite while preparing our building for U-verse so I can
finally switch... And someone from the board can verify that once U-verse
is availabe in the building we can indeed get it and not have any issues
from Dish Network....
-Rodell
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Barbara Thomas <barst@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> We also have had AT&T for internet for a couple of years and it has been
> virtually problem-free. I lost my connection once about a month ago, and I
> tried reseting it and doing this and that. But it turned out to be nothing
> more than something had come lose on the power strip on the floor. So the
> problem was solved before I even had to call them.
>
> Barbara
> 501
>
> On Mar 19, 2010, at 4:28 AM, Deborah Compagner wrote:
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> >
> > Hi Marty
> > I had it happen once w/AT&T where my connection stopped & they had to
> > come out to reset something. You may want to give them a call. It
> > wasn't a big deal, just a hassle. But, it's only happened once the
> > couple of years I've had them.
> > Deborah
> >
> >
> > Sent from my fabulous iPhone...which would be much more fabulous if it
> > were powered by Verizon.
> >
> > On Mar 18, 2010, at 9:20 PM, Marty Platten <martyplatten@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Wondering if anyone in the building has DSL service from AT&T. If
> >> so, have
> >> you been experiencing connectivity issues over the last week? My
> >> service
> >> has off pretty much since Friday (back on briefly Sunday). I've
> >> experienced
> >> pretty decent service over the last few years with them, so I have to
> >> imagine there is a serious issue with their lines. Just wonder
> >> where the
> >> issue is.
> >>
> >> Also, has anyone tried the new 'Clear' service and if so, how has your
> >> experience been?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Marty
> >> 609
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
> Barbara Stewart Thomas
> barst@comcast.net
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