what type of modem are you using? I have good results with an external 56k
dynalink or US Robotics modem on Paradise in the rural setting. Telecom have also put
chokes on our phone line.
Our Laptop with an internal wincra* TM modem doesn't fare so well
but we run it out over a network using Ipcop Firewall for dial up on a linux box.
The external modem also protects the pc in case of power surges etc.
Generally I have found Paradise to be very good apart from the occasional time
they have been unavailable.
Regards
Michael
PS I would remove all of the text below but am not sure where to stop to please the
email nettiquitte police <g>
Ian Laurenson wrote:
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 21:19, Wesley Parish wrote:
[snip]
It's a wonder if I can manage to keep my paradise.net connection going for longer than three minutes.
I am getting six to death of the substandard service I'm "offered". Who should I complain to?
I too have Paradise as my ISP. The reason I can't connect faster than 33k is due to electric fence noise on the line (you can hear the regular clicks through the phone). Originally I had similar problems to you - couldn't stay connected for very long. I contacted Telecom and they put some sort of filter on the line so that now, mostly, I can stay connected for reasonable lengths of time, provided I limit the speed to 33k. Whenever I try to connect at 56k I can't stay connected for very long.
Thanks, Ian
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