Help! I say, Help, boy!
Friday, February 20th, 2004 11:01 amI am hoping some of you chaps can advise me on whether my latest computer problem sounds, on the balance of probabilities, like it is actually my computer, or the exchange I use to dial out on.
Of course, the bizarro-world serendipity I suffer from means that I find that quite independently, ntl's mail server is down, so I haven't been able to access anything that's not automatically forwarded to my hotmail account for a couple of days. In the past that hasn't stopped me accessing the web, so the fact it's all come together at once is just a crusty cherry on a stale cake.
Anyway, this morning I tried to log on, and failed. I actually did connect a couple of times but at speeds that would have made an old 14.4 modem laugh in superiority. I think the best connection speed was 9660kps, the worst was in three figures. After that it refused to connect at all, the modem would dial out and I would get either the loud and prolonged squawk of a modem at the far end that won't connect to the computer, or equally annoying but easier on the ears, static.
My alternate dial out to a different provider acted pretty much the same, and on both dial ups the modem would intermittently sulk and pretend it wasn't there after a couple of failed tries. I don't blame it.
Now, my techie friends, does that sound like a problem with my PC/modem, or a problem with nt-hell's phone exchange?
Oh, and the web server is still down - I can't access it through any of my usual routes from the office.
Of course, the bizarro-world serendipity I suffer from means that I find that quite independently, ntl's mail server is down, so I haven't been able to access anything that's not automatically forwarded to my hotmail account for a couple of days. In the past that hasn't stopped me accessing the web, so the fact it's all come together at once is just a crusty cherry on a stale cake.
Anyway, this morning I tried to log on, and failed. I actually did connect a couple of times but at speeds that would have made an old 14.4 modem laugh in superiority. I think the best connection speed was 9660kps, the worst was in three figures. After that it refused to connect at all, the modem would dial out and I would get either the loud and prolonged squawk of a modem at the far end that won't connect to the computer, or equally annoying but easier on the ears, static.
My alternate dial out to a different provider acted pretty much the same, and on both dial ups the modem would intermittently sulk and pretend it wasn't there after a couple of failed tries. I don't blame it.
Now, my techie friends, does that sound like a problem with my PC/modem, or a problem with nt-hell's phone exchange?
Oh, and the web server is still down - I can't access it through any of my usual routes from the office.