My DSL also goes down in the rain.
> Not wanting to start a big controversy here. Just want to know what to
> expect
> in the future with my current DSL provider (BellSouth/ATT).
>
> Is it normal (expected) that when I have rain locally, I should expect my
> DSL
> connection to go away?
>
> By "go away" I mean to say that my router says the connection is made, is
> still clicking over "time connected", has an IP addy and such. But, no
> client can surf the web via the router until I do (often multiple times)
> the
> disconnect/reconnect dance.
>
> I do live in an older sub-division so I accept that the phone lines could
> be very old.
> What I do not know is how to discuss this with the provider.
> Never had this observation in SoCal that first time; but then, it never
> rains in SoCal,
> so the song says............. :)
> Best,
> D
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