DSL signal dropping in Texas in Embarq http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20946580 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:58:56 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:58:56 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21006846 Hazy Arc : Not sure which is worse...your constant need of rebooting or my satellite-esque latency.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21006846 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:30:11 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21006645 ozar : I'm using the Speakeasy DNS nameservers:

64.81.127.2
64.81.111.2

If those start failing, I'll switch to the OpenDNS nameservers.

The bad news is that I'm having to reboot the modem again periodically tonight, so I guess it was all only a dream after all.

No "connection reliability" upgrade will be going into my Embarq Review this time! :mad:
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oz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21006645 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:58:56 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21006430 Hazy Arc : What DNS servers are you using?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21006430 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:16:20 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21004394 ozar : Just another quick update...

Something else that has helped my connection a great deal is that I've stopped using those lousy DNS servers supplied by Embarq.

Now, I get to the site that I'm looking for much quicker, and when that site does not exist on the internet, my browser doesn't get hijacked and sent to the Embarq search/advertisements page. I was already tired of having to opt-out of that page each time I cleared the browser cookies, so now I'm done with that.

Hopefully, I won't wake up and find that the better connection has all been nothing more than a dream. :o

Still looking forward to increasing the reliability score in my Embarq Review if things should hold up.
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oz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21004394 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:52:55 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21001229 ozar : Just an update...

It's been 2 more days now and I've not had to reboot the DSL modem a single time to maintain a connection.

My connection through Embarq has been extremely poor for so long that it now almost feels like something is very wrong for it to be working properly. Weird... I know! :o

At any rate, if this good fortune continues for at least a month, I'll update my Embarq Review to show a better score for reliability.

My fingers are crossed!
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oz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21001229 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:48:47 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21000488 Soldae : If you have a 660 modem then you shouldn't have been using PPPoE anyway, you would've already been switched over to DHCP in the redback.

And yes, they expect people to call when it breaks...why wouldn't they? Most people who had PPPoE were using 645 or older modems. Embarq is completely doing away with PPPoE and have been since...almost two years at least. Only recently have they actually started shutting people off so that they have to call in. They call in, get their current modem updated to work until they get the 660 out to them. If everyone was sent a notice, everyone would be calling in right away and causing even more of a queue. They trialed this way earlier this year and found that it hardly caused any impact, and also found a lot of customers calling in were on old plans that, when updated, saved them a ton of money.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21000488 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:52:01 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20992732 anon : Just got off the phone with them. I have a 660 modem. Turns out that they shut off the PPPoE service in NJ and switched to all DHCP.

- I have my modem setup in bridged mode.
- Switched my router to DHCP instead of PPPoE

I'm back up and running... WTF, why was this unannounced. You change it and then expect people to call in when it breaks? Gimme a break. What kind of customer service is that. No notice in my bill, no email, no nothing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20992732 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:14:08 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20991261 ozar :
said by Hazy Arc See Profile :

Any luck with the Hotline for the especially pissed off?
Hi, zach!

I've not called them yet because my connection has been working without any issues for a couple of days now, for some reason.

Who knows why? Maybe they accidentally fixed it!

Either way, I'll wait for another week or so to make sure that I'm not just dreaming this. :)

Hope your new connection with new provider works well over the weekend.
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oz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20991261 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:24:04 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20981612 Hazy Arc : Any luck with the Hotline for the especially pissed off?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20981612 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:42:01 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20979242 ozar : Well, I've continued to have intermittent Embarq DSL outages both at my home address and work address (8 blocks away) yesterday and again today. These issues have been going on for weeks at work, and months at home.

Will they EVER get this fixed? :mad:

I'm going to do another Embarq DSL Review in a few days but this time for my Embarq DSL business connection and it's not going to be pretty based on the connection reliability and support that I've had with them so far. :mad:

Hopefully, others are having much better luck with them than I am! :mad:
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oz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20979242 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:56:51 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20968067 Hazy Arc : Same here...I'd actually be dropping in speed by going with my cable company, but I'm willing to make the sacrifice to have a connection that is stable.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20968067 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:04:07 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20967749 ozar : Currently, it would have to be either my local cable provider, or one of the satellite service providers, none of which have a connection as fast as my current setup.

However, a slower but more reliable connection might prove to be better in the long run.
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oz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20967749 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:02:24 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20967557 Hazy Arc : What other ISPs do you have in your area?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20967557 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:22:45 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20956360 ozar : Spoke too soon, I guess... because it's on and off again today for me. A modem reboot was required to get back online to even type this.

Similar problems have been going on with my Embarq connection for almost a year now, so I'm looking for connection alternatives. Once I find a decent one, I'm out of here.

Hope it's still going for you, though! :)
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oz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20956360 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:57:05 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20952669 ozar : It's about 7:45 pm here and things seem to be finally rolling along again.

Hope all is working well for you, too!
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oz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20952669 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:46:50 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20950169 anon : I'm in Stephenville and first noticed it around noon yesterday. Worked off and on last night and still up and down today.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20950169 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:31:35 EDT Re: DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20949738 ozar : Still having the same issues today, and support is saying that one of their servers I'm connected to is having problems.

Hopefully, fixing this will remedy the connection problems I've been describing in other threads for the last 6 months, or so. With this happening at work and at home, it's a bit more than I can tolerate at the moment. :mad:
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oz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20949738 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:59:42 EDT DSL signal dropping in Texas http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20946580 ozar : Anyone else in Texas losing their Embarq DSL connection regularly today?

This is happening at work (eight blocks away), and at home. Both, the DSL light and the internet light stay on, but no connection to the web. Reboot the modem, and all works again for about 30 or 40 minutes then it's time to reboot again.

Edit: I just called Embarq and got a recording saying that customers in Stephenville and Clifton might not be able to connect to the internet and it would be fixed within 24 hours, so never mind.
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oz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20946580 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:55:24 EDT