Some progress! After Nick's efforts (thanks Nick) on the weekend, and my efforts during the week. (Never spent so much time in my roof space!) I still couldn't get it working. Telecom (so they said) tested it twice (from the exchange). All good from their end. I took my modem and cable next door (she has ADSL). It works OK.
I gave up and booked in a $150 visit for today to install a splitter. Just got a ring from a Telecom tech now. The "idiot who did it cocked up the wiring" at the exchange, apparently. He's fixed it. Will try again this evening. I hope they at least pay for the period I've been paying for ADSL but haven't actually had it. Cheers, Carl. On 29/07/05, Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Unfortunatley, I haven't yet got to the point where this can be on-topic. > > My ADSL modem/switch/wireless box arrived yesterday. A netgear DG834G > (which, by the way, runs Linux. Not completely OT then.) > > Anyway, I plugged it in, turned it on, and no ADSL link light. We've > got 5 phone jack points, and I tried 4. No luck. I rang my ISP, > netgear support (friendly chap in New Delhi), Telecom, then back to my > ISP. > > It turns out that Telecom won't do anything for me (like testing the > line to make sure that they really did enable DSL). My ISP (maxnet) > were helpful, but bound by Telecom a bit, it seems. It seems as though > either the ADSL works straight away, or it is logged as a "failed > manual install" and Telecom send round a guy to wire in an ADSL jack > point (for $150). I'm not sure that is necessary. There doesn't seem > to be any Mr In-between. > > I'm reasonably sure it isn't the ADSL modem: I've borrowed a crusty > old PCI ADSL modem which didn't give me a link either. > > Could it be the wiring in my house? The phone works OK. > > What I'm looking for is experiences/advice for the situation - a way > to fix the problem without shelling out big bucks to Telecom for what > seems to be their problem. > > Cheers, > Carl. >
