Dialup.

[swestrup]

Well, we're back in Montreal, safe and sound.

Now for the bad news: It looks like we'll be on dialup for a while. I can't get my broadband link to come up. I've already talked to my ISP's tech support and everything looks good from their end. This would seem to indicate one of two problems:

1) My ADSL modem is fried. This is a possibility, but it seems to be acting as if everything is okay, so we don't give it too high a probability.

2) The ADSL phone line was damaged. Since there was a wind storm not long after we left, that may well be the problem.

BELL takes up to 3 business days to test an ADSL line, and as its now Friday night, I don't expect to have broadband again until Wednesday, and thats IF its a simple fix.

I sure hope I don't have to buy a new modem, but I won't know until Bell does their tests.

Comments

[tjernobyl.livejournal.com]

3 days? My ISP seldom takes more than 10 minutes!

[swestrup]

My ISP isn't supposed to fool with the physical lines. That's Bell's purview. Meanwhile I've just got to sit here and put up with it.

[tjernobyl.livejournal.com]

Ah, my ISP is also an independant telco, which might explain the good coordination.

You might try calling Bell and complaining about crackly lines. They're required by the CRTC to investigate such a thing fairly quickly, and such investigation might reveal the source of the DSL troubles.