I can't win!!!!<br />2 weeks ago Telstra tell me the exchange has still not been upgraded for ADSL but the minimum customers are about to be reached.<br />Today they tell me the Exchange is ADSL up and running and ALL TRUCKING PORTS ARE TAKEN, Are they trying to pull a funny on customers from other providers or trying to force them to join Telstra/Bigpond?

i havent had much luck with my internet this week either for the past week my internet has been disconnecting me from about 8-9pm at night and wont let me connect til the next morning about 8am been like this for the last week and after 3 techncians coming out the past week today one comes out and replaces the amplifier in the cable out side on the phone/cable lines for Optus hopefully this will fix the problem or else there goin to hear it from me <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="images/icons/default/mad.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="images/icons/default/mad.gif" />

Both my ADSL's are working fine! Knock on wood...<br /><br /><br />Vlad...

bloody optus no internet again tonite have borrowed a dial up account from a friend tmr there sending out some engineer advance technician or sumthin since there normal tech which i might add i had 3 different ones this week couldt fix the problem not happy!!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="images/icons/default/mad.gif" />

Actually I had trouble last week....kept disconecting then not letting me reconnect also. Modem had sync, so I spent an hour or so thinking shit- my routers buggered. Then it logs on.....very frustrating.<br /><br /><br />Ash

yes they just called me again now to tell me there sending out a network engineer to fix up the whole street as the whole street is out i really hope they fix it up <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="images/icons/default/mad.gif" />

Do you know I have rung Bigpond 11 Fuc..king times now in the last few days about ADSL i get different answers to my questions everytime, Its unbelievable!!! talk about the blind leading the blind who do you believe.

Just put in an application Phil and keep doing it until they connect you.

Just found out some good info from a friend in the Telstra know...<br />Cashmere Exchange Has a E30 unit that caters for 1-576 ports,,, this unit carries 12 Cards,,,, at the Moment it has only 4 cards in it,,,, thats a capacity of 192 ports,,,,, and at the moment there is only 28 FUC..king people on it using ADSL <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/default/confused.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/default/confused.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/default/confused.gif" /> Who is telling what? why can't others connect from other companies? My friend told me they might have a RIM problem in the Street.<br />I forgot to ask are all companies allowed access to these ports, I will ask tomorrow. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/default/confused.gif" />

Telstra = cheap bastards<br />Charge the same as everyone else but give you an inferior service.<br /><br />Ash

Bigpond charge twice the price for ADSL around my way,, some QLD companies are charging around $36 to $42 for 512/128 at 8 GB or TPG 1500/256 20 Gig for $49.

Good news<br />

phil i read in APC some tiem a go about a simalar situation that you are in <br /><br />a guy applied with company B and was knoked back becuase there was no ports <br /><br />but when this guy applied with telstra he was connected no prob<br /><br />the guy ended up taking telstra to court an it was settled out of court for a undeclosed sum <br /><br /><br />i try and find the story <br /><br />and post the link <br /><br /><br />could be some fluse in it for you <br /><br /><br />end of line

Yes good on you Jason stick it in the Contro, shit stirring forum.

As of 4pm this arvo I'm up and running on ADSL 1500/256,,,,Yepeeeeeeeeeeeeeee<br /> <br /> <small>[ 27. June 2005, 06:01 PM: Message edited by: P Debono ]</small>

Phil,<br /><br />Perm IP?<br /><br />Vlad...

No dynamic

I know what your thinking you don't need it now.

FU...Ck <br />the cables I ran all around the house are no good, yes they are Cat 5 but they are Cat 5 telstra shit.<br />Yes i have checked to see that they are a straight cable not a cross, yes i even used the multi meter on them they are correct and Exactly the same as my test one I run over the carpet and that one is OK!!

did u have the same setup before and did it work properly?<br /><br />of are u using some other equipment now?

I ran two cat 5 cables from my computer room to my tv room, don't ask. I have been using a temporary cable across the carpet and it runs perfectly. The pinouts on the temporary and permanent wires are correct. yes 100% correct for a straight cable. All I can put it down to is that this 40 metre length of cable in the wall is of poor quality. I have just ordered two ready made 40 metre leads, CAT 6 (yes CAT 6 with the shielding). What is your opinion?

hhhmmm... not sure i setup my network a while ago havent played much with networks but i was under the impression that the cat5 cable i was using was a crossover wiring?? <br /><br />the way i have myn setup is a cat5 cable from my network card into my computer then the other end goes into my 5 port switch which then shares the internet connection and files on all the computers on the network?

also my settings for the home network for my network card which shares the primary internet connection and files on the network is on the main computer is which i had to manually enter<br /><br />IP : 192.168.0.1<br />Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0<br /><br />and then on the rest of the computer just do it repair and it should assign it with all the details thru DHCP<br /> <br /> <small>[ 28. June 2005, 10:22 AM: Message edited by: LAZERSAT ]</small>

Oredered new cables i will have them late this arvo.<br />In the roof again

Yes all working now i used a cat 6 to do the job, looks like the Telstra cat 5 cables were not good enough. i ran one spare.

hi phill <br /><br />if you need gear like that give me an email <br />you can pick it up at one of my suppliers and use my discount like AMW electrical wholesalers <br />as for Cat 6 to best of what i know Cat6 standard has not be set as yet so be carefull of sales bulshit <br />are the leads jscks have a outer metal shield on them ?<br /><br />just finished my Cat7 termination with Schinder electrical <br /><br />this cable has each pair shielded and then one outer shield it can run any thing on it even HD tv <br />it part of ther structured cabling system <br /><br /><br />end of line

Jason<br />I know the cable feels like me on a cold morning, STIFF and slightly thicker.<br />I hate power failures just starting to enjoy ADSL and we had a 3 hr power failure at 7.30 last nite.

second computer up and running

install ups abou $200 for a 500va and a generator it wiil only get worst they are just not spending the $$$ on power networks any more <br /><br />should of sean the shit i went through for 2500amps for a customer<br /><br />do you know that only 2 of the 4 pairs in cat 5 are used by the pc you can get splitters so as you dont have to run as much cable or do some jumping in the back of the socket <br /><br /><br />end of line

Jason<br />Yes only 2 out of the 4 pair required, I think its similiar with most other devices used over the connection.