As previously asked, have you thought of just moving to a place where the
internet is stable?
Good luck
Amities
Philippe
> Le 29 avr. 2021 à 19:57, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> Well, things have gone from bad to worse. I spent over two hours on the
> phone with a level 3 tech support guy. He wasn't very good at listening, but
> I finally got him to do a simple test of calling one of the dialup numbers.
> He didn't do it fully at first, but tried again later and got the same
> results as I had been getting. So we tried some experiments to narrow down
> the problem. Pinging Google took 311mS, which is far too long. After more
> digging and experiments he found that the baud rate behind their modem was a
> disgusting 1.92K, which is why everything was timing out. The number of
> dialup users has increased. but most dialup usage is still for small
> businesses connecting their cash registers to banks.
>
> It's unlikely that it will be restored to earlier rates as this has a lot
> to do with 19CL trying to get out of the copper business. But then they
> aren't doing anything towards installing fiber. He also learned that Verizon
> will soon have a hybrid optical/copper network here, which I was already
> aware of by way of the seemless orange tubing being installed under the
> streets.
>
> So, my internet usage at home is crippled for now. I'll knock down the
> Earthlink account to email only and use the tethered cell phone very
> sparingly until the Verizon system is available.
>
>>
>> I don't doubt what you've described for a moment, as I've had similar
>> experiences in both government contract and commercial businesses, many of
>> the latter failing due to gross incompetence together with white collar
>> crime. There were many times early on where I had considered moving back
>> east and returning to the ANG, but the outdoor opportunities outweighed
>> the employment difficulties. My one shot at flying older C-130s for fire
>> suppression came to an end thanks to a fellow named Dennis Reagan, who
>> pretty much grounded everyone who was flying them.
>>
>> You have to do the best you can with the cards you've been dealt.
>> Sometimes you have no choice but to fold and walk away.
>>
>> BTW: I also recall the demise of an earlier dialup provider named
>> Primenet. They were bought out by Global Crossing (Bermuda?). They were
>> equally incompetent. When I dropped them I was still able to use their
>> email by way of Telnet.
>>
>
> Chris
>
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