Re: seeking loaner DSL modem Speedtouch 516v6

On 23-Oct-08, at 4:29 PM, Ian! D. Allen wrote:

> Anyone got a Speedtouch 516v6 modem I can borrow for a week or two?
>
> My original iStop/3Web DSL line has been showing disconnects at  
> certain
> times of the day for the past almost two years.  (Bell reduced the  
> line
> profile from 5 to 4 to 3 Mbit.  It still drops, though less than at
> 5 Mbit.)
>
> I finally got a separate dry DSL line installed (NCF) last week, and
> it, too, shows drops at similar times of the day, especially around
> 7am-11am and 11pm-midnight daily.  Midnight to 6am and noon to 6pm are
> pretty stable.  Both lines work fine at full speed for "most" of the  
> day;
> they just keep disconnecting.

   I had the same problem a few years ago when on Magma. Eventually,  
the service folks told me that it was a Bell problem and that the  
technician was probably resetting the DSLAM when doing maintenance.

-- 
Glenn Henshaw              Ottawa, Canada
Email: [email protected]

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