What causes this? after 2 hours on my dialup the connection drops out (as it always has) but the phone line then goes dead for 10-15 minutes and i can't re-dial up. this has been happening regularly for the last week.
2006-10-18 00:26:43 · 3 answers · asked by andylefty 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
very common problem with dial up.
On old dial up modem, communication between your modem and exchange losses packets (information computer uses)
What happens is the modem Sends a packet of information, and if the ISP does not recieve packet, it thinks your connection is idle, so it will automatically close connection after a while, and vica a vers, ISP sending packets to your modem.
A lot of ISP also use TIME limits and you have to reconnect after a time set.
But i thought that was scraped years ago with Broadband
Upgrade to broadband much faster and reliable.
When you say your phone goes dead aswell|?
Are you with BT........ Thats a problem with BT exchange you will need to get in touch with BT and explain the situation
I bet your with Tiscali dial up also........
Time to get into the future of BROADBAND, can work out cheaper... faster
2006-10-18 00:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by claire1731manchester 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a fair use limit - maybe they've changed the way their system works so you can't dial back in for a while? Speak to your ISP company and ask them - it's their number after all. Perhaps it's time you switched to broadband.
2006-10-18 00:33:08 · answer #2 · answered by cuddles_gb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who supplies the phone line then - surely not your ISP? If so, that's the answer. If not, you want to chase someones' bollox!!!
2006-10-18 00:40:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋