Internet Reliability

[jayd512]

I've seen a few polls put up that ask about internet connection speeds, price, other little details. But I was wondering what kind of reliability you guys actually have from your ISP. How confident are you that when you sit down to your computers, that you will have a connection that works, and won't drop off in the middle of your session?

[questio verum]

98.9% assured that it will be there and up to par. 1 percent expectation it will be there but will be dog slow. .1% expectation of failure.

qv

[Geeth]

Funny that you should post this now.... I just got a text msg from my wife telling my that we have lost dsl sync :s

Normally though it's really good but when it doesn't work its more annoying then a todler with red bull.

I used to have drop issues when browsing / gaming before I found another phone socket closer to the computers, drops where becuase of WiFi signal, it's still sometimes drops with windows and needs a repair but linux is rock solid.

[oz]

Oh, I have various internet issues all the time.

I'd truly hate to be in a position where I had to depend totally on the internet to conduct business operations.

[elija]

more annoying then a todler with red bull.

Ouch!

My internet is mostly rock solid. But then I haven't gat a bargin basement connection. Most
people look at me like I'm mad when I say how much it costs (£24.99 per month, just for
internet) but I think it is worth it for the sheer reliability. Due to where I live, it aint the fastest
but as a bod who remembers 2,400 baud modems, 3 - 3.5 megabit still amazes me.

[Geeth]

With mine, it's all better now. Stupid modem is getting touchy with the power connector.

That point of the modem life that brings it closer to a hammer. When the power cord is in but not connecting right and the modem doesn't get enough current to boot right.

[jayd512]

That point of the modem life that brings it closer to a hammer.

LOL... the ol' technical tap, huh? Ya think it might help?

[smolloy]

My internet's pretty reliable, but my damn router isn't. Every now and again (strongly correlated with times when I'm transferring a lot of stuff over the wireless connection) it will crap out for ~30 seconds. Sometimes it's so bad that I have to power-cycle it a couple of times to get the connection back.

[Geeth]

LOL... the ol' technical tap, huh? Ya think it might help?

Of course, and to be extra cautious i will make sure I use an industry standard hammer

I have never had good luck with modems. First one died becuase of a power out during a flash
2nd just stop connecting and then didn't turn on again.
3 rd melted inside, i couldn't even get the power cord out of the back of it.

My current one well I hate the interface and the power cord is being funny.

[MikeTbob]

Mine works like a champ on steroids 99% of the time, but if I take my Linux machine to Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test I actually have to reboot my whole setup to get it working again, meanwhile my wife will be surfing happily along.