reader50
join:2003-01-23
California
kudos:2 | [DSL] Any word on the Bakersfield outage? George, Steve, etc ...
Any word on what's caused a 30-hour outage in the greater Bakersfield area?
Related suggestion: when there are outages, perhaps you could post pictures of the cause. It would help us keep quiet, and might make for some pretty good geek prOn.
- The drunk driver's smashed car, with the DSLX network box up in a tree.
- A shot of the rack server cabinet, after the electrical fire.
- Electrocuted cat in the wiring box.
- Panoramic shot of the armed standoff with the disgruntled ex-employees, so we can see the large caliber hardware, and the one guy's suicide vest.
There are so many possibilities. All of them would be more interesting to discuss than making generic complaints. DSLX has cut so many of the competitive reasons to keep customers. Some pictorial feedback when problems happen would be inexpensive entertainment. |
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 dslx_stevePremium,VIP
join:2011-03-24
Winnetka, CA
kudos:6 | Unfortunately, there's still no estimate as to when the outage will be resolved. I know that AT&T is working to restore service as quickly as possible.
Regarding your idea for photo's of the cause. I like that. Although it's not practical, I would like to see pictures of the equipment failures. In reality, it's likely that the pictures would be boring. A failed card. Bad cable etc. It's rarely as exciting as a train wreck.  |
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Hi reader50, please find the link below that contains information regarding our current network status. I hope you find it helpful.
Best regards,
Ivan D.
»www.dslextreme.com/support/networkstatus |
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reader50
join:2003-01-23
California
kudos:2 | reply to reader50
bump It's now 96 hours down. Any word on the cause? Will the cat make it? |
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reader50
join:2003-01-23
California
kudos:2 | 120 hours without service in the Bakersfield area.
We could be admiring what the drunk did to his sports car. Instead, I'm annoyed at the outage ... and thinking about when DSLX starts to pro-rate the monthly fee for lack of service.
You don't want customers thinking about that. And if it's a bad ethernet cable or card, then AT&T has some serious underachievers tracing the problem.
Please give some feedback. A pic of the negotiations at the armed standoff. Or a shot of the server room after the fire, revealing a terminator endoskeletal hand in the debris.
Heck, even an ETR and pic of AT&T techs working on the donut box ... er, the wiring box. |
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| RE: Any word on the Bakersfield outage? An ETR would indeed be greatly appreciated, and it would add a great deal of value to the network status page. |
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reader50
join:2003-01-23
California
kudos:2 | ... The network status page again shows the problem as resolved, exactly at midnight three days after the report was filed. Apparently, trouble notices automatically change to Resolved after a few days.
I've sent an email to tech support, reporting the internet still down.
For reference, service in this area stopped without warning on Friday, Apr 15 at approximately 10:15 AM PST. It has not been resolved at any point since.
Suggestion: stop the auto-resolution of trouble notices. Let them stay up until someone cancels them manually. The page has now lied to us twice. |
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edgtsp
join:2004-03-25
Tehachapi, CA | reply to reader50
Re: [DSL] Any word on the Bakersfield outage? I'm still down, what is going on?? Is this cause to cancel my contract and go back to ATT? |
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reader50
join:2003-01-23
California
kudos:2 | Down now for 168 hours - a full week. The network status page continues to claim all is well. My email to tech support drew this reply 25 hours ago:
Hi,
Im sorry to inform you that there is still an outage in Baker field. The Telephone company is on its final phase of their work. When the outage is resolve, we shall inform you immediately. I already knew there was still an outage in this area. Apparently, the final phase (filling the hole in?) is taking longer than usual. And the reply is non-specific ... which telephone company was that again? Based on the wording, I suspect the author had no idea what AT&T was doing, and gave me generic assurances. The grammar errors are not encouraging.
Could we have a real update, please? An ETR perhaps. AT&T's own DSL service has been unaffected in this area - this suggests the problem is in DSLX's network systems.
Will DSLX pro-rate our bills for no service?
Talk to us, please. We are your customers. |
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dslx_stevePremium,VIP
join:2011-03-24
Winnetka, CA
kudos:6 | Our backhaul was taken down in error. To resolve this issue, we are moving all outage customers to a new network. We're working with AT&T to get this outage resolved as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, this will take another 2-5 business days to complete.
The new network will require connecting using PPPoE. |
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reader50
join:2003-01-23
California
kudos:2 | Thank you for the update. And for fixing the Network Status page.
It will be inconvenient, with the weekend pushing the ETR into next week. Is there anything we can ask for to compensate? A bump to legacy web space perhaps. |
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dslx_stevePremium,VIP
join:2011-03-24
Winnetka, CA
kudos:6 | Feel free to call or email (billing@dslextreme.com) our billing department to request a credit. Make sure that you don't make the request until after the service is restored. |
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| Thank you for the estimate. It's interesting that you mention the PPPOE, since I was asked to switch to that a couple of months ago. I guess there were some using PPPOE and some not on that backhaul? Thanks again for the estimate and additional info. Yes, it's just an estimate, but I think something is better than nothing. |
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|  I am still down. It is two days short of two weeks.
This is very frustrating. |
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reader50
join:2003-01-23
California
kudos:2 | The Network Status page shows the problem as Resolved. But I'm still down.
Tested with both routers (i pull 2 IPs), tested with two computers connected directly to modem, cycled modem multiple times. No PPPoE server found. I even checked for DHCP, but there was nothing there either. |
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 dslx_gmPremium,VIP
join:2002-12-26
Chatsworth, CA
kudos:15 | Hi reader50 -
Service for most clients in the area on the new network was restored yesterday and today. There are a still orders we are pushing through with AT&T but a vast majority of the clients service have come back up. As Steve indicated you would need to change the connection over to PPPoE. Did you use the @dslextreme.com after the username? I assume your modem is in sync.
Thanks
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George
General Manager
DSL Extreme
Will work for reviews.  |
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reader50
join:2003-01-23
California
kudos:2 | George, thanks for replying. I've sent my account # to you via PM in case this is limited to my account.
My modem is in sync, and I'm using PPPoE. Currently connected straight from computer to modem.
I usually use @dslextreme.com after the username, but have tried it without just now without effect. My log messages indicate 'no route to host' or 'PPPoE server not found' which suggests it never got to authentication. |
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dslx_stevePremium,VIP
join:2011-03-24
Winnetka, CA
kudos:6 | I believe I've found your account using your username. If that is the case, I can see that the the order is still being processed. I'll check on tomorrow. Can you PM me your account info so I can make sure I'm looking at the correct account? |
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I'm still down as well.
Please advise what PPPoE means......how do I do this new way of logging in if my connection never comes up???
beaslenut23
Kat |
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reader50
join:2003-01-23
California
kudos:2 | beaslenut23, go here for PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) connection instructions:
Mac OS X: »www.dslextreme.com/support/kb/ma···e-client
Vista: »www.dslextreme.com/support/kb/wi···on-setup
XP: »www.dslextreme.com/support/kb/wi···nt-setup
I couldn't find any Linux help pages, sorry. |
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