Internet woes

[lo123]

It's the distance from your central office (where your dial tone comes from) not the road. With DSL urban or rural doesn't matter, it's all just loop length from the c.o. And to make things more entertaining it's as the wire turns not as the crow flies. You do see these orders "I'm across the street from your &*^ c.o and I can't have it " and waaaay out in the boonies who can. Sometimes there are other line conditions that if I explain my head'll explode

The other thing that can happen is that the local connector (DSLAM or something like that) can be full (was the issue here--new construction--until they added more capacity. Why they didn't do fiber here is beyond me, but whatever. I'm not stuck with the cable company anymore--woohoo).

[Trek420]

The other thing that can happen is that the local connector (DSLAM or something like that) can be full (was the issue here--new construction--until they added more capacity. Why they didn't do fiber here is beyond me, but whatever. I'm not stuck with the cable company anymore--woohoo).

True, that. Doesn't happen often anymore but could be. I know just enough about telco technology to be dangerous

The DSLAM is a gizmo in your central office that connects up to 8 numbers (or in the case of HSI direct, the service without a phone line, one of those accounts) to a high speed internet connection. Ever wonder why if your service is down or slow for some reason, you may go "oh sod it, I'm going for a bike ride" and come back and it's fine? It might be one of your 7 DSLAM neighbors called it in, a problem was fixed and now you're all fine.

Back in the day sometimes all those "slots" would be full if demand exceeded equipment. Doesn't happen much anymore but depending on where you are ..... could be.

I had a friend who ordered DSL, lived a couple blocks from a c.o. in a slightly industrial area. A neighboring business had T1's. These high capacity lines are so powerful it blocked the DSL signal. Nobody along that loop could have DSL. She knew who the company was. She encouraged them to switch to DSL which was faster and cheaper for them.

But the hidden agenda was so she could get service.