Phone line static influencing DSL quality

[Terrence Enger]

Greetings,

I have experienced one source of lost sync that I have not
seen mentioned elsewhere: With my laser printer turned on,
my DSL modem lose sync.

Terry.


At 10:34 2005-08-09 -0500, you wrote:
>I may as well bring this up.  Has anyone else experienced severe line
>noise influencing a DSL connection?
>
>This is the case with me, and I've escalated the problem a few times
>and even had an ill-equipped and misinformed tech drop by
>(unannounced).
>
>I have repairs semi-arranged.. but I wanted to know if, aside from the
>obvious, there were any system / firewall settings or the like which
>might make my experience a little better.
>
>Running Sympatico regular DSL on a Bell line.  I've done the obvious
>stuff with the handset/wiring and whatnot.  At this point it's all in
>the preferences for my own setup I figure.
>
>
>I exchanged my modem for another one which seems to be much more
>aggressive with reconnecting during downtime.  I occasionally stay
>connected but lose any actual use of the connection.  Sometimes I drop
>out completely for a while.. sometimes there is lag which would make a
>gamer gnaw their own arm off.
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