2007-07-15 06:30:38 · 5 answers · asked by philkroper 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
The local server may have been shut down in case of a power outage and a power surge. Embarq does that to ours.
2007-07-15 06:35:39 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
DSL is still a phone line connection. Phone circuits are highly susceptible to moisture, and when wet they will not work. Most likely you phone line is getting wet in one of the boxes it runs through on it's way to your house. Your only recourse is to complain to att service department to get it fixed. If they balk, just tell them the phone line has too much static to hold a conversation.
And like the other person said, don't use your dsl during a storm.. Unplug everything, not only the power lines, but the data lines as well. I had surge run into my computer through the tv cable connector and leave a 2 foot smoking hole in the wall.
2007-07-22 12:26:24 · answer #2 · answered by Dondi 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You shouldn't be trying to use your DSL or your computer in a thunderstorm anyway. Your equipment will be vulnerable to lightning, regardless of your surge protector. Take it from someone who learned the hard way: When there's a thunderstorm, unplug everything, including your phone line.
2007-07-15 13:41:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Your not the only one, i dont even have to have my computer on or a T-Storm overhead and my connection gives out. Above all that ATnT still makes me pay for the time i lost .. makes me feel like switchin to comcast
2007-07-16 23:12:29 · answer #4 · answered by JD 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's odd, mines doesn't. Maybe it's just your AT&T office making it go off.
2007-07-15 15:22:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋