DSL users please read!

[tron]

Anyone who has DSL...Does your connection get slow as hell when it rains out? I've been having this problem all the time when it rains. It either gets slow or the web pages do not even load up at all. Other than that it's fine. I've spoken to the Technical support people, but they are abso-fucking-lutely no help to me. I told them I have problems only when it rains, could you please send someone to check my lines when they are wet....but they can't do that for me. I Pay $60 a month for a connection that I can only use in fair weather, and the customer service sucks. I don't know if this is just happening to me or what? This is B.S. Please let me know if any of you are experiencing the same thing. Thanks.

[Tieman]

....When it rains i come inside, and surf the internet, when its sunny i go driving around or to the beach. hence not using the internet......


i would expect higher traffic on rainy days

[optize]

You most likely have bad phone lines in your house. Is it a older house? Sometimes, when it rains, it makes the quality of the line really noisy, therefore you won't be able to get out. I'd have the phone company come out and see if you have bad phone lines.

[madbullet]

i have 1 simple solutions

get cable its better than DSL least mine is but mine is uncaped SO

[tron]

Originally posted by optize
You most likely have bad phone lines in your house. Is it a older house? Sometimes, when it rains, it makes the quality of the line really noisy, therefore you won't be able to get out. I'd have the phone company come out and see if you have bad phone lines.

Actually the phone company did check out the lines in the house a while back. They didn't find any problems. Since everything checked out fine here, the problems not here. They need to send someone out here when lines are wet . I think that somewhere between the station and my house there is water entering the phone lines and that's whats slowing it down.

[ricerocket2002]

Wouldn't water entering the lines short the line and make things not work at all?

[5genlude]

i got SBC...i know alot of peeple has said its bad..but i asked them to give me the ADSL modem...its faster then SDSL...and its awsome ..actually better for gaming than Cable...i had RR and they screwed us on the bill...so we switched..man i've had Sdsl, cable and now ADSL...i have no probs when its raining!

u might wanna find out how far u are form ur dsl provider..cuz that matters..sometimes..

well thats it

[madbullet]

alwayse matters DSL has a 3 mile range from the DSL station within 1 mile its fast 2 miles its ok outside of 2 miles its like running 56k without the dialup