just wondering if anyone else gets dropouts in there optusnet braodband.


i never used to get them untill i started to use there free dl inbetween the certain times, and well i set it to dl when i leave fro work at 430am and when i get home at 4pm it should have dl what i told it to dl seeing as when i left it has like 3-5hours left to dl.

but i get home and sometimes it has dropped out after like maybe a hour sometimes not that long, i have to unplug the modem and plug it back in again.


it only does it then never any other time.


any ideas guys?


SSS_Hoon

Hemmm...strange I've been using optus cable for 3 years now and never had such a problem..The free 20 Gigs d/l is between 2am - 7am rite?I personally turn off my pc at nite,I used that free d/l thingo once when my friend stayed over at my house and they pretty much just wasted all the bandwidth,but I didnt have any dropout that nite

Which plan r u using?I'm using the 12Gigs one and on my average d/l every month I use +/- 8Gigs..so pretty much sufficient enough for me without having to use the free 20Gigs d/l thingo.

Have u tried to call optus operator and ask whats going on?That mite be a good idea.

Cheerz..

im using broadband not cable adsl, and it only started to drop out when they introduced the free dl thingy, and its between 4am and 9am i get up to goto work at 4am so i turn it on then and let it go while im at work.

im on the 12gig plan unlimited(yeah right) and i dl alst month my 12gig plus another 14gig in the free time.


SSS_Hoon

Wowww 12+14 = 28Gigs in a month nice man!!
Usually optus server will down for a while when there is a heavy rain and thunderstorm.It'd happened to me in the past..But hey..it only happen say once in 2years.

CHeerz..

Erm, Broadband is either Cable, Adsl or Satellite.

Without knowing how your connected, its difficult to work out the problem.

What type of connection do you have? ADSL? Cable? Satellite?

How is the modem connected to your PC? Ethernet or USB?

I assumed it straigth away that he's using cable..but he said no cable adsl..What left is satelite huh? but I think he's using ADSL

yeah adsl.


and its usb from modem to the pc.


yeah i usually get about 25-30gig a month.

SSS_Hoon

my dad has the same problem with optus, not sure what the problem is but he has to turn the power to the modem off and on to get it going again.

Have you checked your connection history during the period it appears to drop out? Often they can be quite informative and indicative of what the problem could be.

Dropouts are generally caused either by line faults or faulty modems. One way that is almost 100% foolproof is to test another modem on your line and see if it does the same thing. This way you will know if the problem lies with the line or the modem.

What modem do you have?

Just move to internode

HOME-512-Pro $69.95 512k / 128k 40 GB Shaped


Lets me get up to about 60-70gig before they drop my speed.

Old thread, please don't bump....








Or for that same money you can get optus cable, up to 32GB a month and 10000k / 256k

I work for a certain other ISP in their help desk - from experience it could be a couple of things. Check and see if the lights change on the modem when it drops - depending on which one changes, it could mean different things. Its possible (although not common) for there to be a glitch with the USB, and your modem doesn't actually disconnect, your computer just loses connectivity to the modem. The other possibility is the modem is dropping the connection to the server. This could be a modem/phone line/filter/telephone problem. Do you have filters on ALL the phones in the house? And are you using an extension lead on the modem, or just a regular 1-2m long one?

I had to reply to you

HOME-Extreme-Value
$59.95
Min: 1500k/256k
Max: 24000k/1000k
20 GB
Shaped

I like the max of that.

Bah. Maybe for you city kids that are 'slammed. Us country-ites have to deal with 1.5