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Article #2878Re: Cable connection problems
From: scoff
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 00:00
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ISDN Andy Glenn <glenn@rgspray.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:87n9iv$4vp$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk... > Hello , > > I hope somebody out there can help me with the problems I am experiencing at > the moment. > > I recently connected to my local cable company Yorkshire Cable / Telewest > hoping to gain better connection speeds and improved tv , Phone deals etc > but have had nothing but problems since . > > These are : > 1. the modem connecting at ridiculously slow speeds i.e. 1200 bps etc > 2. the modem connecting at normal speeds upto 50 000 bps but freezing for no > apparent reason with no disconnection etc . > 3. unable to connect without retrying several times . > > I had none of the above with BT , but when I contacted YC the help guy said > it was because I had the modem plugged into the extension upstairs and not > directly into the phone socket of the cable downstairs (which sounded like a > load of crap to me )Also he said they could only guarentee connection speeds > of 28,000 bps which methinks defeats the object of fibre optical cable . > > Has anyone any ideas for sorting the above out ? / I've tried connecting to > breathe.net and have the same problems so it not just Freeserve . > > My kit is pretty bog standard > 56 600 int modem > 166 mmx intel > Win 98 > > Thanks > > Glenn > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1082f9,cf601aa9f0987c8f X-Google-Attributes: gid1082f9,public X-Google-Thread: f5f89,cf601aa9f0987c8f X-Google-Attributes: gidf5f89,public X-Google-Thread: 1061d6,cf601aa9f0987c8f X-Google-Attributes: gid1061d6,public From: "scoff" <nospam@getlost.com> Subject: Re: Cable connection problems Date: 2000/02/08 Message-ID: <87q0bp$d2s$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 583362916 References: <87n9iv$4vp$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Trace: newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk 950043833 13404 62.136.144.85 (8 Feb 2000 21:03:53 GMT) Organization: Customer of Planet Online X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Feb 2000 21:03:53 GMT Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware,alt.computer.workshop,freeserve.help.modems