Blueyonder gets faster

Though I thing it's still a rip off. My cable company charges me $42.99 for a 4MBit/512kbit line and 49 if you don't have any of their tv packages. that is way to expensive. Sure they give me cheaper ones for less speed put I think that is all just a scheme. I personally am with that Mayor in San Francisco who says his goal is to offer free DSL Speed Wireless Internet Access to every Resident of SF... that is the way to go, we have enough andwidth just make it public domain

I just want a broadband connection that works!!

I've had the following blow up since September:-

• 2 x belkin wireless router ADSL modems
• 1 x US Robotics USB ADSL modem
• 2 x Zoom USB ADSL modems

My 3rd Zoom USB ADSL modem is now also on it's way out.

My phone company BT say there is nothing wrong with my line, but after about a week of each modem working fine I start getting CRC errors and dropped lines till they get to the stage where they cannot hold an ADSL syn connection for longer than 20 seconds and I have to go and get a new one.

Each time they send an engineer out they say it's my equipment that is faulty and nothing to do with their line and charge me £50.

I'm changing to cable next week and telling BT to stick there phone up their arse.

wow!

@gullian: Is blueyonder still patnered with telewest? (it was once)

@micheal: lucky

@bluefrog: You have a fast line but when you visit a korean site it is very slow. Do you have a slow outbound connection or have things improved.

@borg: I am also on BT. I use a d-link () router. I am still waiting for my 512kbps > 1mpbs bt broadband buisness upgrade.

I dunno Borg, but Id I were loosing that many modems, I'd be thinking electrical problem. A DSL line is just copper and carries 80 volts max in the US and that's only wharn they're testing it normally it's much less. If there was enough voltage coming in from the line to fry the modem consistently, they'd be able to catch it and block it comming into the house.

If you're using an internal modem, consider switching to an external. If you're using an external, consider putting it on a load-leveling ups.