The Cisco I had was reported to overheat and have problems. I had little or no problems with mine. Sounds like your fiancee has a bad modem. If it is overheating you would open the case to allow more air flow. That was the recommendation for the Cisco years ago. I would find it very irritating to have my connection reset multiple times a day. Thanks for your feedback! ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Mon, 2/15/10, Charles Jones wrote: > From: Charles Jones > Subject: Re: Lookin at Qwest DSL Service > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Monday, February 15, 2010, 6:22 AM > I have Cox residential service, and my > fiancee uses Qwest DSL at her business. I have never had any > real issue from my Cox connection, but her DSL is terrible > in various ways. > * Modem always starts out at full provisioned > rate and throughout the day gets slower and slower > (according to the web GUI)...perhaps noisy line? > > * Modem constantly reboots itself during the > day, which also cycles the built-in 5 port switch. This was > having the wonderful effect of disconnecting her POS system > from the main fileserver, as well as disconnecting and > disrupting ATM and credit card transactions. I > "fixed" this by installing my own 8 port switch, > and moving all the network connections to my switch, and > uplinking the DSL modem. At least now when it decides to > reboot itself, it doesn't DOS the rest of the LAN. > > * Any device (phone, fax machine, alarm system) > that picks up the phone line causes the modem to go offline > and retrain, even though using the supplied filters on all > of said devices. > > * Wireless is flaky and constantly drops (probably > from the modem rebooting itself) > * External IP constantly changes every 15m or > so. I suppose this could be happening when the modem reboots > itself and it DHCPs a new address from Qwest. DDNS has been > a lifesaver here. > > It sounds like all of this could be fixed with a > new modem and maybe some analysis of the line. It's not > my account so I can only do so much, but I know she has > complained to Qwest and so far nothing has been done. You > would think a business account would get better > service. > > -Charles > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 4:11 PM, > keith smith > wrote: > > > > Thanks!!  That is a vote of confidence!! > > > > ------------------------ > > Keith Smith > > > > > > --- On Sun, 2/14/10, Bill Lindley > wrote: > > > > > From: Bill Lindley > > > Subject: Re: Lookin at Qwest DSL > Service > > > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > > > Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010, 10:57 AM > > > I have had Qwest DSL > for almost ten > > > years and have had excellent service > > > and little down-time. > > > > > > DSL gives you low latency and a dedicated > connection... if > > > you have > > > 7Mbps service, it's not shared with the kid down > the street > > > and his > > > torrent server. > > > > > > \\/ > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > > > settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss