[Cialug] Internet access

L. V. Lammert lvl at omnitec.net
Fri Oct 4 10:50:25 CDT 2013


On Fri, 4 Oct 2013, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:

> Yeah, John Todd contacted me privately and gave me a Google Maps URL
> that shows (approximately) the path the that wire takes to get to my
> place. As someone with little interaction with the telecom world, the
> path is a lot longer than i would have expected.
>
With repeating problems like that, many should be able to convince the
local Telco to do a pair test, and perhaps move you do a cleaner wire
pair. At one point I found the 800# for the telco service, and called
directly saying I was with [ISP] and got them to swap the pairs - problem
solved.

	Lee


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