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- Path: news.galaxy.net!usenet
- From: rmeizlik@galaxy.net
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Any way to fight the phone company?
- Date: 5 Feb 1996 05:14:46 GMT
- Organization: Galaxy Networks
- Message-ID: <4f43o6$5u7@zaphod.galaxy.net>
- References: <4es3dm$t69@gti.gti.net>
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- In <4es3dm$t69@gti.gti.net>, cuthe@gti.net writes:
-
- Forget it. I've tried this fight with NJ Bell (now Bell ATL), and they just
- play dumb (or are they not playing ??).
-
- I found that they are connecting their local switches to the at&t (or maybe
- they have some intermediate layer network ?) via some sort of compressor
- that 28.8 modems just hate.
-
- The only fix I found was to find an ISP that has a phone number in my local
- telco office. Also, if the telco offices in your area are connected in some sort
- of recovery ring, any providor in your ring would probably be ok.
-
- Just experiment with different ISP's until you get reliable connections.
-
- oh, and check the wiring in your house on your second line. It could
- just be loose/corroded.
-