[Gllug] Demon ISDN Dialup

[gllug at uncertainty.org.uk]

On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 12:09:39PM +0100, Andy Loates wrote:
> On Sunday 21 October 2001 11:10 am, James Tullet wrote:
> 
> > I'm just a humble modem dialup user, and of recent date (last 3-4 weeks)
> > the service has not been as good as it was previously.  The service is
> > __extremely__ patchy, and I can't consistently get IP coming up quickly on
> the
> > ppp link.  Quite often, the remote end "goes deaf" and my pppd can't
> > get low-level responses from the remote end.
> 
> I only moved to ISDN in August but before that used normal dial-up. I
> actually found Demons service 1st rate - always got a connection 1st time,
> rarely had a connection drop on me. However I will say that I did change my
> dial out phone line from my original one as that had a lot of noise on it
> and the connection subsequently was not very good.
> 
> > I can get on the Web, but the time over which the connection is at all
> good
> > is extremely limited (usually about 5 Minutes).  At present, I am using
> Demon
> > to get email, and am using another ISP to do surfing &&c.  It's very
> difficult
> > to get a full feed from gllug before demon pulls the plug!!
> >
> > I am extremely disappointed with Demon's performance of late, as I have
> been
> > a long-time customer of them, and previously their performance has always
> been
> > satisfactory.   I was considering using them for setting up a broadband
> link,
> > but believe that I may well have to look elsewhere.
> > ---
> 
>

I'm using demon dial-up (premier connect - the surftime thing)

I've had a few problems this week, mail running a bit slow, short
periods of inactive connection ..

but apart from that service has been great, failed connections are very
rare and speed is always good.

-- 

Sean
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