Re: [Sheflug] BT Broadband

["Alec Melling" <alec [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 11:37:26 +0100, Jonathan <jonathan [at] sirtis.org.uk>  
wrote:

> Alec Melling wrote:
> > The regularity of the timing seems to tell me this is all to do with  
> > BT's side of things.... But, of course they tell me that it has to be a  
> > problem at my end. "Using what sir! Linux!!! ahhhhhhhhh...."
> I find the best way to cure OS blindness like this is to tell them I'm  
> running X-Windows with a silent X - then both ends of the conversation  
> are happy ;)
>
> When your connection is down, can you have someone try and traceroute to  
> you? I asked a friend to look at my connection on Friday (through Zen)  
> and interestingly, the last hop was a couple of hosts before the edge of  
> the Zen network - might at least tell you where the breakage is.
>
> - J
That sounds a nice way to gain some evidence.... Thanks

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