We've just got our first DSL service here in the USA with Windstream.
We're using a ActionTec modem (GT704-wg) and Windstream (used to be
Alltel) tells us that the line has been DSL-enabled for a week now, but
the DSL light on the modem keeps flashing.

According to Verizon, the FUSF fee is being eliminated, since their supplier
is no longer charging it.  However Verizon is taking this opportunity to
impose a "Supplier Surcharge".    Is this new "surcharge" really anything
other than just an increase of their base rates that ...

Hi there, I got a problem with my ADSL link and hope you can help, cause my
ISP support sucks! I got a Paradyne 62-I1-200 router with 256K down/64K up.
The problem is after I installed it and configued it, it worked perfectly
(got constant speeds of about 30KB/s downloading from ...

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I am having considerable trouble reaching some web sites. A good
example is www.pcworld.com. I usually cannot get it to display. My
browser, Firefox, says it is "Waiting for images.pcworld.com" or
"Looking up ad.doubleclick.net". Internet Explorer does much the same,

Has anybody installed and used an ADSL modem that didn't need to be
power cycled every 1-3 months? I'm curious here, because it struck me
that one of the modems I administer hasn't been power cycled since
October 2005. That's almost a year. They are humming away, with over 15

I currently having a working DSL setup with Verizon using a Zoom x6 modem.
The business this is for is changing their plan with Verizon such that, rather
than having a single dynamic IP address, we'll be getting 5 static IP
addresses.

Hi all, just a quick question. We are using Yahoo/SBC DSL and we
already setup a DSL router without any problem. However, in the house,
we have a downstair family room which we wired just ONE network cable
to the room so it could only connect to ONE PC, but right now we just

In italy we use PPPoA with vpi/vci (8,35) with every ISP. In DSLAM the ATM
switch change these values? or how is it possible to demultiplex traffic
between every user?
Thanks in advance.

I am new to DSL. I came from Dial up. I installed everything yesterday.
I get my DSL through my local phone co - Embarq/Sprint. I have tried to
connect Blubster (file sharing service) and it will not connect. I have
no problem when I connect through Dial up.

Hi, I did some searches and there are lots of people having connection
issues but I couldn't find exactly what I'm experiencing.  We have a
(Dell) notebook with a AirLink+ USB wireless device and a no-name
desktop with an AirLink wireless card.  They both connect to a Linksys

Iv'e been trying different modem/router settings on my Speedstream 4200 and
checking port access after a change.
Which is better bridged PPPoE which is the only way I could get PPPoE to
work or PPPoA, I've checked references and and although PPPoE is better for

(http://www.uverseusers.com/ )
I have been following IPTV and I was a little
disappointed to learn that AT&T's U-verse internet
(VDSL: next gen dsl) will only have a max speed of

I have three computers at home -- two notebook and one old computer, which I
would like to use as a server (all computers run Debian/Linux, BTW).
Notebooks have wireless cards and server-to-be is directly linked to
Westell Versalink 327W which is then connected to the Verizon Online ...

Most people leave their DSL/cable modems on all the time.  I've noticed
that mine gets really hot.  I sometimes turn it off during the night.
The hotness doesn't matter, does it?
The only problem I've heard of (with turning it off) is that some guy