Ant & Demon problem
Tim Powys-Lybbe
Paul Richardson <pa...@explan.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <4a15bf9...@davidkanareck.demon.co.uk>, david
> <URL:mailto:da...@davidkanareck.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > Over the past two weeks, I had time to check this out. To recap, several
> > of us are experiencing 'drop-out' when connected via Demon. [...]
> > Concerning the modem, I loaded Paul Vigay's excellent !ChangeISP used with
> > his AntUtils and connected via my freebie Virgin account. Guess what? No
> > problems!! No dropout!! So, it's not the modem, which leaves Demon.
> >
> Yes, we experience the the link to demon going down to a crawl and then
> a complete stop after about 10 minutes or so of web-use. If you're
> prepared to wait another 5 minutes [yawn] then it self-resurrects
> itself!
>
> This doesn't normally bother us since our links to demon are almost
> exclusively 1 minute logins for email.
>
> However, I've monitored the problem over the last 18 months through an
> upgrade of the ANT Server Suite which we use, and a change of modem.
> I've also had BT change the gain on the phone line, and there's been a
> recent software upgrade at our local exchange. These had no effect.
>
> The only common denominator is Demon themselves.
>
> I gave up trying to persue this through them, and our Demon account will
> shortly close.
>
I have cross-posted this to demon.ip.support.archimedes as I know they
do monitor their support newsgroups. In fact the whole of this thread
could usefully be on that newsgroup.
My problem has been that I cannot log on to the surf-time number during
the early evening, presumably hitting a u/s modem. Anyone else
experiencing this? (A bit of a waste of the surf-time sub.)
--
Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org
For a patchwork of bygones: http://powys.org
Stuart Painting
<URL:mailto:t...@powys.org> wrote:
>
> My problem has been that I cannot log on to the surf-time number during
> the early evening, presumably hitting a u/s modem. Anyone else
> experiencing this? (A bit of a waste of the surf-time sub.)
I have extreme trouble logging-on during the evening, but I put that
down to all of Demon's modems being busy. If I try for long enough I
do eventually get through, but sometimes it takes so many attempts
that my modem blacklists the number.
stuart
--
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Tony Simons
Stuart Painting <stu...@zedtoo.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <3a4e8a1...@southfrm.demon.co.uk>, Tim Powys-Lybbe
> <URL:mailto:t...@powys.org> wrote:
> >
> > My problem has been that I cannot log on to the surf-time number during
> > the early evening, presumably hitting a u/s modem. Anyone else
> > experiencing this? (A bit of a waste of the surf-time sub.)
> I have extreme trouble logging-on during the evening, but I put that
> down to all of Demon's modems being busy. If I try for long enough I
> do eventually get through, but sometimes it takes so many attempts
> that my modem blacklists the number.
> stuart
I have no problems at all connecting in the evening using the surftime
number and I'm using a Zoltrix 56k modem
--
Tony Simons using RiscOS 4 on a proper Computer
North East Club for Pre War Austins
or the Nearly Everywhere Club for Pretty Well Anything!
http://www.necpwa.demon.co.uk
Chris Packman
Tony Simons <to...@necpwa.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <ant02180...@zedtoo.demon.co.uk>,
> Stuart Painting <stu...@zedtoo.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > In article <3a4e8a1...@southfrm.demon.co.uk>, Tim Powys-Lybbe
> > <URL:mailto:t...@powys.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > My problem has been that I cannot log on to the surf-time number during
> > > the early evening, presumably hitting a u/s modem. Anyone else
> > > experiencing this? (A bit of a waste of the surf-time sub.)
>
> > I have extreme trouble logging-on during the evening, but I put that
> > down to all of Demon's modems being busy. If I try for long enough I
> > do eventually get through, but sometimes it takes so many attempts
> > that my modem blacklists the number.
>
>
> > stuart
>
> I have no problems at all connecting in the evening using the surftime
> number and I'm using a Zoltrix 56k modem
>
No problems here during the day or evening on the G5 number, you need to
have a look on demon.service as there have been lots of reports of these
sorts of problems on there.
Chris Packman
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