Re: measurement software for electrical networks?
Well, for what it's worth, it's not getting any better; and I have disproved a couple of contentions of the amateurs I've talked to so far at Telecom and Paradise.net.nz - I've used the second jackpoint in the flat, and it's still falling over like a drunk with half a keg of vodka inside of him; and I've just upgraded the PC - and the connection's still falling over like aforementioned drunk. I'm starting to think I deserve broadband purely on the demerits of Telecom's performance, as compensation for Telecom's lack thereof. At any rate, having to open ten tabs of slashdot to guarantee getting even one, is a bit much. And if I have to use a 526k DSL thingee to solve the problems with a dial-up connection - at a measly 5k6 (if I'm lucky) - perhaps the problem isn't with me. On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Wesley Parish wrote: I'm just wondering if there are any for Linux, that I could use to get hard copy of actual voltage and amperage levels on my Internet connection via Telecom's oh-so-wonderful lines. They cycle from useable to useless in between half=a=minute to a quarter of an hour, and I'd like to document that. I may well decide to start a class-action suit against Telecom for defrauding the general public, and having hard evidence is likely to be vitally important. Oh, and by the way, Google is indeed my friend in this - when Telecom's lines permit me to ask. Telecom's mastered the art of punishing people for preferring to use someone else, after it mastered the art of punishing them for using Telecom. Wesley Parish -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish - George Kelischek - To impress those high-tech computer types, tell them what an Ocarina really is: an animal-activated-solid-state-multi-frequency-sound-synthesizer. - Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
RE: measurement software for electrical networks?
Hi Wesley, Have you tried forcing your modem to a fixed speed like 33k so it is not always trying to auonegiate a faster speed and forgetting to actually transfer data? I tend to do this for my rural friends who are still on dialup - not the sort thing you would expect in the city Maurice -Original Message- From: Wesley Parish [mailto:wes.par...@paradise.net.nz] Sent: Tuesday, 8 September 2009 8:48 a.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: measurement software for electrical networks? Well, for what it's worth, it's not getting any better; and I have disproved a couple of contentions of the amateurs I've talked to so far at Telecom and Paradise.net.nz - I've used the second jackpoint in the flat, and it's still falling over like a drunk with half a keg of vodka inside of him; and I've just upgraded the PC - and the connection's still falling over like aforementioned drunk. I'm starting to think I deserve broadband purely on the demerits of Telecom's performance, as compensation for Telecom's lack thereof. At any rate, having to open ten tabs of slashdot to guarantee getting even one, is a bit much. And if I have to use a 526k DSL thingee to solve the problems with a dial-up connection - at a measly 5k6 (if I'm lucky) - perhaps the problem isn't with me. On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Wesley Parish wrote: I'm just wondering if there are any for Linux, that I could use to get hard copy of actual voltage and amperage levels on my Internet connection via Telecom's oh-so-wonderful lines. They cycle from useable to useless in between half=a=minute to a quarter of an hour, and I'd like to document that. I may well decide to start a class-action suit against Telecom for defrauding the general public, and having hard evidence is likely to be vitally important. Oh, and by the way, Google is indeed my friend in this - when Telecom's lines permit me to ask. Telecom's mastered the art of punishing people for preferring to use someone else, after it mastered the art of punishing them for using Telecom. Wesley Parish -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish - George Kelischek - To impress those high-tech computer types, tell them what an Ocarina really is: an animal-activated-solid-state-multi-frequency-sound-synthesizer. - Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
Re: measurement software for electrical networks?
2009/9/7 Maurice Butler likema...@quicksilver.net.nz: Hi Wesley, Have you tried forcing your modem to a fixed speed like 33k so it is not always trying to auonegiate a faster speed and forgetting to actually transfer data? I tend to do this for my rural friends who are still on dialup - not the sort thing you would expect in the city Maurice -Original Message- From: Wesley Parish [mailto:wes.par...@paradise.net.nz] Sent: Tuesday, 8 September 2009 8:48 a.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: measurement software for electrical networks? Well, for what it's worth, it's not getting any better; and I have disproved a couple of contentions of the amateurs I've talked to so far at Telecom and Paradise.net.nz - I've used the second jackpoint in the flat, and it's still falling over like a drunk with half a keg of vodka inside of him; and I've just upgraded the PC - and the connection's still falling over like aforementioned drunk. I'm starting to think I deserve broadband purely on the demerits of Telecom's performance, as compensation for Telecom's lack thereof. At any rate, having to open ten tabs of slashdot to guarantee getting even one, is a bit much. And if I have to use a 526k DSL thingee to solve the problems with a dial-up connection - at a measly 5k6 (if I'm lucky) - perhaps the problem isn't with me. On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Wesley Parish wrote: I'm just wondering if there are any for Linux, that I could use to get hard copy of actual voltage and amperage levels on my Internet connection via Telecom's oh-so-wonderful lines. They cycle from useable to useless in between half=a=minute to a quarter of an hour, and I'd like to document that. I may well decide to start a class-action suit against Telecom for defrauding the general public, and having hard evidence is likely to be vitally important. Oh, and by the way, Google is indeed my friend in this - when Telecom's lines permit me to ask. Telecom's mastered the art of punishing people for preferring to use someone else, after it mastered the art of punishing them for using Telecom. To get 56k audio modems to go properly, particularly with Linux, is still something to a black art. Wes: Please can you tell us exactly what your set up is? Please download the latest version of the scanModem utility, unpack it, and run it. http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/scanModem.gz IMHO This is the ultimate tool for getting dial-up modems to work properly. If the report it generates does not immediately produce an obvious answer to you what's happening you might care to post the output from scanModem. The other thing that would be well worth a try is to take your computer and modem to a known-to-work telephone line to see what happens on a known good line. If it can be definitively proven that the line is at fault a suggestion is to move away from Telecom and get your new ISP to boot Telecom to get your line fixed. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
Re: Hi all
Hi sV, The CLUG monthly meetings are currently in recess, you may like to check out the GNUz list and their meetings which I believe is monthly on the first Wednesday (and announcements generally made on this list too). http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz Regards Roger Solor Vox wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if you guys had any local meetings? I read in the archives that you had talked about it... but that was back in May and I didn't see any final decisions on it. Looking for something in the CHCH area. sV
Poor dialup was Re: measurement software for electrical networks?
Hi Wesley, ...dialup woes... I had an issue recently where a user could not get reliable DSL in the suburbs... negotiating between 160kbit and 2 Mbit, and drop outs every few minutes. Telecom didn't want to know because despite being a telecom phone number, it was a callplus DSL. Call plus actually tried to do something, but actual results were not present. Telstraclear cable is in the street, but they wouldn't take it up his driveway (rear section) So the only options left were dialup, or wireless. A free site survey from netspeed http://www.f1.co.nz/ showed he could have 2Mbit. Since the install he's had great speeds. This is in the middle of Hoon Hay, so its not rural or anything. -- Craig Falconer
