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Thread ID: 80556 2007-06-27 11:32:00 ADSL Capability question Tony (4941) Press F1
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563523 2007-07-01 12:53:00 I'm about 4+ km's away from the exchange and I experience regular disconnects on a daily basis.
Cheers

Ah! A chance to ask about these damn disconnects. What is it that causes broadband to disconnect on a regular (but not always daily) basis? Why does the connection just seem to stop at random?

I have also noticed, that when it does, it's only http requests that seem to be affected - P2P, IM etc seem to carry on as normal.

I get a few questions about this from time to time and it would be nice to have some answers for people.

I note that it's not just Xtra customers that have this issue, a friend of mine is with TelstraClear and he gets random disconnects most days of the week - and has to reboot the modem, then all is OK.
supertrouper (6665)
563524 2007-07-02 02:36:00 Take your pick.... crappy network infrastructure, carappy service from Telecom and crappy service from the ISP's... in short... CRAPPY SERVICE.

Contention ratios are very high, the network is highly over subscribed despite Telecom's best efforts to convince the NZ public otherwise.

Until we get a better network infrastructure I would think that these disconnects will continue to occur.

Cheers
chiefnz (545)
563525 2007-07-02 10:26:00 The restaurant just before the Bethells turn off,coming from Swanson Peter Coleman (597)
563526 2007-07-02 11:24:00 The restaurant just before the Bethells turn off,coming from SwansonRight, I can see how that could be Massey, although it still seems kilometres away from what I understand to be Massey :) Tony (4941)
563527 2007-07-03 02:17:00 Right, I can see how that could be Massey, although it still seems kilometres away from what I understand to be Massey :)

Telecom have an interesting "demarcation" or zoning system, which invariably does not tie in with local council zones.
Sometimes, names of service areas bear absolutely no relevance to the locality name at all.
supertrouper (6665)
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