Personally I can't see the issue. After all it is run on a friggin bit of
copper wire down the street! 101% - get real, what do you think you pay for?
I would be interested to know what some of you people do for a crust - you
must live in such a perfect 101% world - or is it differant for anything you
are involved in?

>From: "Steven Ellis" <adsl@stevencherie.net>
>To: <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
>Subject: Re: Dropped Connection
>Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:47:57 +1200
>
>Personally I think it is a big deal.
>
>We don't have any choice in who we use for Phone and DSL in this country
>unless you go wireless or cable. In auckland i'm stuck with telecom.
>
>Hence the should be a 101 % guarantee of service. No this isn't a typo. The
>level or service should at worst be perfect.
>
>I hate getting my connection bounced every couple of days so they can
>change
>my ip address.
>I hate that no one can offer a competitive product.
>
>And I don't think i'm alone.
>
>Steve
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Wayne Smith" <dobby41@hotmail.com>
>To: <ChrissyR@home.gen.nz>; <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 1:24 PM
>Subject: Re: Dropped Connection
>
>
> > you do go on! It is hardly a big deal to have 1 drop-out is it?
> >
> > Get a life!
> >
> >
> > >From: "Chrissy R" <ChrissyR@home.gen.nz>
> > >To: "Adsl Technical" <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
> > >Subject: Re: Dropped Connection
> > >Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 11:07:32 +1200
> > >
> > >It is interesting that you think it is not a worthy topic for the list.
>It
> > >you
> > >felt that it should be not discussed then you did not have to post
>twice
> > >to this thread and once to me in private to me saying that.
> > >
> > >Mark, you said that this is not unusual. Maybe so, but it is
> > >the first time I have noticed it. My connection stays up for a week
> > >or two and only gets dropped because I choose to or my computer
> > >chooses to - not because my PPP connection disconnects or my
> > >ADSL modem does. This did appear to be "out of the usual" to
> > >me.
> > >
> > >You say that this happens to you - how often? Maybe you have
> > >a different issue that could be fixed or maybe this is more common
> > >than I thought and I am just lucky to have it happen once per 15
> > >months. If it is common then maybe it is an issue that needs
> > >resolving. Without people actually mentioning this no one will
> > >know that others have it happen regularly or rarely.
> > >
> > >
> > >Tom, I know I reconnected immediately because I was at my
> > >computer. I am connected to the Palmerston North exchange.
> > >
> > >
> > >As for scheduled outages by Telecom, I assumed that they would
> > >affect the physical line also.
> > >
> > >Chrissy.
> > >
> > >PS - Mark there is not need to e-mail me privately.
> > >
> > >
> > >From: Mark Foster
> > >
> > >
> > > > Sorry but thats a poor assumption to make. Ive had it happen to me
>(and
> > > > never considered it something the ADSL list would care about).
> > > >
> > > > You cant straight out assume that None of the scheduled upgrades
>could
> > >have
> > > > affected Chrissy without doing a direct comparison between all
>outages
> > > > (Assuming Telecom notify ISPs of all of them, which they may not) vs
>the
> > > > equipment she uses to connect.
> > > >
> > > > In the end though who cares?
> > >
> > >
> > > > At 09:16 a.m. 4/09/2002 +1200, Jithen Singh wrote:
> > > > >Yes, although none of these could of effected Chrissy's case, as
>she
> > >got
> > > > >dropped and then reconnected straight away.
> > > > >
> > > > >Most of the Telecom, scheduled outages, are around 15 / 20 minutes
>in
> > > > >duration.
> > > > >
> > > > >Cheers
> > > > >
> > > > >Jithen Singh
> > > > >Net4u Limited
> > >
> > >
> > > > >From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org]
>On
> > > > >Behalf Of Mark Foster
> > > > >
> > > > >Telecom have scheduled a bunch of short outages recently to upgrade
>/
> > > > >replace faulty equipment.
> > > > >
> > > > >None of this is of any particular significance to anyone IMHO.
>Unless
> > > > >the outage is more than a few minutes its par-for-the-course.
> > >
> > > > >At 08:43 a.m. 4/09/2002 +1200, Tom Parker wrote:
> > > > > >If it's any consolation, so was I, although I don't know if it
> > > > > >was a ppp issue or an adsl issue. I had a drop at 12:20 am too.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >I reconnected immediately and without a problem
> > > > > > >so what ever caused it was transient.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I don't log reconnections (to email at least), but it reconnected
> > > > > >within 5 minutes.
> > >
> > >
> > > > > >Chrissy R <ChrissyR@home.gen.nz> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >At 2:35 this morning I was disconnected - my
> > > > > >
> > >
> > >
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