[Gllug] Never ever ever use Talk Talk

['Lesley at herlug.org.uk']

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:17:13PM +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Sun 11 Oct, 'Lesley at herlug.org.uk' wrote:
> > 
> > Hi 
> > 
> > Unfortunately I am currently stuck with TalkTalk as an ISP.
> > 
> > Never ever go there.  Just don't.  Ever.
> > 
> > Since 5pm this evening they have dropped this connection 5 times :( 
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > L.
> 
>    What do you mean by dropped the connection, did your router lose ADSL
> sync on the local loop, or maintain ADSL sync but lose the connection to
> TalkTalk? Intermittent loss of ADSL sync could even be caused by a problem
> within your house telephone cables or ADSL filtering, and nothing to do with
> TalkTalk.
> 
I posted the router log in MessageID 20091011210235.GH27373 at pgcroft.net

It shows 6 Call Terminated states.  Obviously I can't tell if it is the 
router, the line or the ADSL filtering.  Someone has already suggested my
router might  be incompatible with parts of the chain of communication already.

I can't help feeling that if it was the router there would be more of it not less.
Swapping ADSL filters doesn't make any difference.  I can get over 24 hours clear
run at the Internet.

Regular drops appear to be in the early hours (0230 to 0400) and between 1700 and 1830.
Spasmodically repetitive annoying ones can also begin to occur, either around 1700 onwards
or from 2100 hours onwards (typically to the point where I give up) or from 2300/0000 on with
4 to 6 drops occurring (ditto).

Anyhow 
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isp/compare.html?isp_2=1&isp_4=1&isp_12=1&isp_17=1&isp_22=1&isp_6=1&commit=Compare
gives a comparison. 

The last time I chose an ISP I went with Zen.  The pain is all mine.

Regards

L.
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