Dial-Up Modem Connectivity Issue

kalisti · 11-07-2006, 04:15 PM

Hello,

I am having a very strange problem with my dial-up internet connection. Ordinarily when I connect it gives the connection speed as 46.6, and I get a decent-enough transfer rate (4-5k/s). During certain times, however, the connection rate is given as anywhere from 9.6 to 14.4, and the transfer rate is essentially stopped entirely (occasional bursts of 200-400 bytes will happen every ten seconds or so, making anything but a simple chat impossible).

What I have discovered is that the downtimes correlate to when my landlords have their lights on in their house. I called them and we checked it out by having them turn off their lights, and lo-and-behold, my internet magically returned to life. All this takes place on my laptop, and happens no matter what ISP I am connecting to. What I have additionally discovered is that if I unplug my laptop so that it is running on battery power, I also get a perfectly fine data-transfer rate. Of course, this is not a very ideal situation.

I have tried getting a surge protector and plugging my laptop into that, as well as running the phone cords through it, but that doesn't help.

I am completely at a loss here, and would love any ideas anyone might have.

Thanks in advance,
Brendan

**scottydont2841** · 11-07-2006, 04:22 PM

Could the power from your landlords house, be drainin the power to the modem in some way?

~~BuffaloChips~~ · 11-10-2006, 12:30 PM

This is obviously a power issue. If you can fix it by unplugging your adaptercord to the laptops battery, it is definitely power related. Sounds like some kind of EM interference. Something to do with the wiring.

Matrix720 · 11-12-2006, 10:46 AM

i agree with buffalochips up there it has to be the wireing.

11-07-2006, 04:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
kalisti Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1 OS: WinXP	Dial-Up Modem Connectivity Issue Hello, I am having a very strange problem with my dial-up internet connection. Ordinarily when I connect it gives the connection speed as 46.6, and I get a decent-enough transfer rate (4-5k/s). During certain times, however, the connection rate is given as anywhere from 9.6 to 14.4, and the transfer rate is essentially stopped entirely (occasional bursts of 200-400 bytes will happen every ten seconds or so, making anything but a simple chat impossible). What I have discovered is that the downtimes correlate to when my landlords have their lights on in their house. I called them and we checked it out by having them turn off their lights, and lo-and-behold, my internet magically returned to life. All this takes place on my laptop, and happens no matter what ISP I am connecting to. What I have additionally discovered is that if I unplug my laptop so that it is running on battery power, I also get a perfectly fine data-transfer rate. Of course, this is not a very ideal situation. I have tried getting a surge protector and plugging my laptop into that, as well as running the phone cords through it, but that doesn't help. I am completely at a loss here, and would love any ideas anyone might have. Thanks in advance, Brendan

11-07-2006, 04:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
scottydont2841 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bristol, England, UK. Posts: 1,228 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	Could the power from your landlords house, be drainin the power to the modem in some way? __________________ Please use the search function of the website before asking questions, as we may already have answered them. Everest FREE Edition AVG FREE Edition

11-10-2006, 12:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
~~BuffaloChips~~ Register user Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South East Posts: 82 OS: XP Pro sp.2	This is obviously a power issue. If you can fix it by unplugging your adaptercord to the laptops battery, it is definitely power related. Sounds like some kind of EM interference. Something to do with the wiring.

11-12-2006, 10:46 AM	#4 (permalink)
Matrix720 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: harrisburg ar Posts: 138 OS: windows 98 se	i agree with buffalochips up there it has to be the wireing.