My friend is still on dial-up but has recently developed a problem with her connection. Her computer worked fine until a few weeks ago when it suddenly started cutting off. It will connect but will cut off after 3 mins and will not reconnect.
I had a similar problem a few years ago due to a trojan dialler, but she has virus-checked and it says it is fine.
The phone company has checked the line and says there's no problem with it. Her ISP say it is nothing to do with them.
Any ideas???
2006-11-14 02:50:46 · 6 answers · asked by Fifi L'amour 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
A friend had this exact same problem - see source.
Alternatively (unlikely!) does your friend only have a time limited dial-up connection eg not 24/7 but only available between certain hours? If so, is she exceeding the time cut-off limit?
2006-11-14 11:13:54 · answer #1 · answered by Charlie Babbage 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An internet connection can become slow or stop working due to a number of reasons depending on the type of the connection. Many of the problems can be solved by making software changes or small hardware corrections. Detailed instructions at http://tinyurl.com/yl62gz
2006-11-16 12:53:54 · answer #2 · answered by RICH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
does the computer crash, reboot itself?? If so it could a nasty program i got a few weeks ago that causes a buffer overload, everytime i went to connect to the internet it would crash, driving me mad, press control atl del at the same time (before you connect to internet)and look at the process's running, write them all down and google them, I know its a pain but you'll learn alot and should find the culprit in the end
2006-11-14 02:59:06 · answer #3 · answered by SCOTT B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try looking at the connection itself
or even the router if you on broadband
even thunder and lighting storms can have a diverse affect on the router itself
sometimes can even be the filter too so do check them regulary
this did happened to me a short time ago and I did a complete check and found it was my router
2006-11-14 02:57:12 · answer #4 · answered by sparkie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AT&T runs diverse phones with diverse bands. most of the older phones will be a tri-band even as others are a quadband. Quadband supplies extra flexibility specially aspects. now and again its not the provider, its the phone
2016-11-24 19:14:45 · answer #5 · answered by berthold 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is dial-up... maybe someone is trying to call her.
2006-11-14 02:54:57 · answer #6 · answered by xerocs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋