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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Dialup congestion and winter weather (fwd)
That isn't the only issue. I've just found that Southern Bell does bandwidth limiting on their residential customers. Most folks would never know the difference, but when v.90 modems start consistantly connecting at 14.4K, or less, then I know that the telco is only allowing 32K per voice channel (rather than the usual 64K). BTW, that was using AT&T universal LD from Graham, NC, to Livermore, CA. I only ever got full-speed late at night. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 8:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Dialup congestion and winter weather (fwd) > > > > An important question to ask people reporting this type of > problem is > are they getitng a normal busy (all modems busy) or a fast busy (telco > out of circuits). Two very different problems. An ISP can work on > fixing the first, but the second is a telco with a shortage > of circuits > between the customer and the isp. > > > It seems like a lot of people are at home, dialing into the Internet > > today. There is a major ice storm in the middle of the country, and > > its pretty much a holiday week elsewhere. Traffic seems to > be moving on > > the major backbones, but some folks in the midwest report > some problems > > dialing in from home. > > -- > Richard Shetron [email protected] [email protected] NO UCE > What is the Meaning of Life? There is no meaning, > It's just a consequence of complex carbon based chemistry; > don't worry about it > The Super 76, "Free Aspirin and Tender Sympathy", Las Vegas Strip. >
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