If you are not my friend, don't bother!
All day today my wife and I have experienced problems with our internet modem.
It is only now this evening that it has finally decided to work, I have no idea how long it will continue!!
If I do not make any contact for a week or so it is because we are saving for a new modem!!
I know you will all understand?
Regards, Peter.
PS I will delete my classifieds because I cannot be sure that I will have any idea when I could continue!
Hi Peter, sorry to hear you're having problems, are you certain it's the modem and not the internet service provider that's messing you about? Many people I know have a lot of hassle with some companies (Sk* & Ta*k Ta*k instantly spring to mind! :veryangry:) Just want you to be sure before wasting hard earned modelling money if you don't need to !
If it is the modem, your internet provider may just send you another one without any charge if you call them and tell them there's a problem.
Keeping your money in the railway fund :)
Agree with Trev on this one Peter, try contacting your provider for a replacement, they may add the cost of it to your bill over the period of a few months
It could also be a problem with the telephone line, however I do strongly agree with Trev and Lawrence, contact your ISP and see what they suggest before laying out any cash ;)
cheers John.
Before BT Infinity arrived, we had a Virgin-supplied Netgear modem. There were times I would get home from work and the internet connection wouldn't be working and after several 'reactivations' by Virgin (organised over the phone) we asked if the modem was the faulty thing. We asked for a new modem and mrs d-a-n insisted they foot the bill. Virgin insisted we buy a new one. We sacked them off and went to BT, who welcomed our new business, Virgin asked us to give them one last chance and offered a new modem... Try the 'I'm leaving you' card with your provider if they don't want to give you one for free - do not feel any guilt, they are a faceless corporation.
I must agree with the others chase your ISP first before parting with any money.
But I know just how you feel Peter, until I switched to BT infinity we never knew whether the system was going to be up or down.
Ray
Quote from: REGP on November 21, 2013, 08:13:53 PM
I must agree with the others chase your ISP first before parting with any money.
But I know just how you feel Peter, until I switched to BT infinity we never knew whether the system was going to be up or down.
Ray
Thankyou, Infinity is not coming our way until
possibly 2016!
Thanks for the update.
Peter.
I guess you have tried all the obvious things like making sure that there are no loose connections.
Also worth trying the old chestnut - switch off the modem and leave it a couple of mins before restarting.
Quote from: port perran on November 21, 2013, 08:54:19 PM
I guess you have tried all the obvious things like making sure that there are no loose connections.
Also worth trying the old chestnut - switch off the modem and leave it a couple of mins before restarting.
I did all those things and before I actually threw it across the room I gave it an hour totally uncoupled and this is why I am posting like mad this evening before I switch everything off!!!
Regards, Peter.
Hope you get it sorted very soon, Peter.
Oh - and please don't hurl it around as, knowing your luck, pandemonium could ensue :laugh:
I assume you checked they were not carrying out any repairs or testing in your area today Peter? You can also ask them to run remote checks or your line and they can interrogate your modem or talk you through set up changes via your own PC. Also do you have a filter in the line as they can become faulty.
Not teaching you to suck eggs, you thinking out loud so to speak.
Not sure of exactly what setup you have but if you have a modem and a wireless router / hub make sure you have powered off and reset both....I have that occur from time to time and a reset seems to straighten things out......
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My old BT router also had a pin hole in the side that could be reset with a cocktail stick.
I think it restores the factory settings :dunce:
My Virgin cable Modem failed a few weeks back, I spen tabout half an hour on the phone (free) to a bloke in the sub continent, who did quite a few checks then agreed with me that it was the modem, booked an engineer call and one new modem fitted free speed back up to 20M again.
I can think of better uses for cocktail sticks.... N scale timber loads!!
And you all thought I was going to say cocktails didn't you. :P
Mine was playing up on wednesday and then really bad yesterday. Would work for a bit and then say no internet access. Did the turn off and on where again it would be ok for a bit and then either fail or do weird things.
Gave up last night but seems to ok this morning. Hope yours is ok too. Am not computer literate but have learned that there are better options than chucking the thing across the room. Even shouting at it gets the dogs scared!
Have got Virgin Media if that helps
weave.
Hi Peter,
Sorry to hear of your troubles and hope you get it sorted soon. Surprised you can't get BT Infinity yet as I have it here in Daventry. Maybe you are 'out of town' though.
Quote from: Bealman on November 22, 2013, 05:00:25 AM
I can think of better uses for cocktail sticks.... N scale timber loads!!
And you all thought I was going to say cocktails didn't you. :P
A cocktail in Oz? ???
That's putting a dash of lime in ya beer ain't it? :D
Paul
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You are a very funny man.
By cocktails I meant a mighty fine schooner of Victoria Bitter (nobody here drinks Fosters, trust me on that), and the cocktail sticks I am thinkin' of, yer put through steaks and prawns and are about 9 inches long.
:D :D :D
I'm just kiddin'.
No I'm not.
Trust me; nobody drinks Fosters here, either
You are all waking up, then. No Fosters and suddenly the Australian Ashes score doesn't seem so bad, eh. ;) :thumbsup:
Guinness gets me through the times of England attaining a football score
With six wickets lost for nine runs at one point the match isn't being played on one of those pitches laid on top of an old council rubbish tip is it? Used to play on one of those in Romford in my youth whenever our own ground was being used by the First XI. Bottles and cans would work their way up to the surface and when one of these was just on a length it was perfect for us bowlers. Expect that is what it is. And that Mitchell Johnson bowls like he may not be a very nice man - our players Mums should not have let them go.
Yep I would check your filter first, by the way you do not have a fax machine running do you because that can stop your internet working, might be worth phoning your phone company up to clean the line, that has worked for me once before, but yes give your isp hell if all other avenues have been exhausted, do not go down the path and buy a modem let the ISP foot the bill, if you are with TalkTalk then my company is on its 5th rubbish of a modem, always cutting out at work. I wish your internet modem all the best and hope it can be fixed asap.
Good Luck
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All the above posts are brilliant, but I'm gonna put me moderator's cap back on. Let's get back to the topic, please.
Oh oh, last word... beer snake when I was at Durham in August. Shockin' beer, though. :beers:
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And thanks, Geoff for getting back on track with this thread. :thumbsup:
George