[ale] when dialup fails to connect, is it BellSouth or the ISP ?

[Dow Hurst]

Courtney,
If you have water getting in your buried phone lines, you can get pops, 
cracks, line noise, and bad connections.  Sometimes the electrical 
ground wire gets rusted thru for your house or the phone pole outside.  
Those things can be checked by just looking for them or noticing if your 
problems are always after heavy rains.
Hope that helps a little bit!
Dow


Courtney Thomas wrote:

>Thanks Jim.
>
>Since I'm not geting a busy signal I'd guess...surprise...BellSloth,
>instead of EarthLink.
>
>Courtney
>
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>On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 09:51, James P. Kinney III wrote:
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>>On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 10:40 -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
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>>
>>>Often when I dial out my dailer doesn't connect on the first try, is
>>>that because of bellsloth or my isp ?
>>>      
>>>
>>There are so many things that can go wrong assigning blame is crap
>>shoot.
>>
>>That said, line-noise is the number killer of dial up connections. It is
>>a variable problem based location and weather and other factors.
>>
>>A busy signal can be (most likely) the ISP. Sometimes, however, it's
>>generated by the telco due to a trunk overload condition. If you are
>>stuck on some bottom-feeding telco like AllTel (<gag><spit>) it is
>>something that will be experienced often.
>>    
>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Courtney
>>>
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