[plug] Broadband problems Rockingham.

[Kai]

Classic symptoms of pair gain would be:
- you can't connect above 28,800 or 31,200
- you get disconnected for no reason and your ISP says they're not 
disconnecting you (if this is the case, ask your ISP for a copy of your 
connection logs and see if you're being disconnected from lost carrier). 
In this case the disconnections may be caused by the electronic line 
splitting device which Telstra may have installed at the pit in your 
street where your pair comes in...

I had a chat to a Telstra linesman who came to fix an earthing problem 
with the pair that I'm connected to, he said, legally, Telstra does not 
have to tell you if you're on pair gain or not, but if you can find 
evidence that you probably are on it, you can nag the hell out of 
Telstra so much that they might get sick of you and change you onto a 
normal pair...but nothing is guarenteed.

Good luck !

/Kai

----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig" <czilko at southwest.com.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Broadband problems Rockingham.


 > Just to add - am I a victim of Telstra's line pair ????
 >
 > http://www.katelundy.com.au/may2002.htm#27May2002
 >
 > Doubt I will ever know.
 >
 > Cheers,
 > Craig.
 >
 > Mandrake Linux 8.2
 > Kernel version: 2.4.18-8.1mdk
 > Current Linux uptime: 16 days 18 hours 38 minutes.
 > Registered Linux User: 228534