[Year 12 IT Apps] Hardware Failure

[Robert Hind]

We are connected through aapt/iinet to our asdl

Lots of problems recently with Internet connection dropping out 

The "Support" line helps a bit but then gets down to the "if we get techs to come and check, they will charge you $150 if they find it is due to your equipment" 

SHIT!
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: ken price 
  To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List 
  Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 6:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Hardware Failure


  We have a Telstra junction pit on our home boundary. Internet performance used to drop away during heavy rain and for about a week after. Call Telstra, a few days later technical support  turns up, all tests OK, everything is OK till next rainstorm. Repeat until annoyed.


  Eventually they tracked it down. The junction pit had a huge ants' nest in it, which acted like a giant sponge when it rained. It partially shorted out the ADSL cable terminals, giving rise to ridiculous crosstalk and signal loss. Took about a week to dry out.


  The Telstra Guy Who Removes Ants Nests was in Brisbane, and working his way around the country it seems, so I got a stick and slowly dragged it apart and  out. A half-can of insect killer later - problem solved!



  It was the only time I've debugged a hole in the ground.


  kp



  On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Bruce Riley <BRiley at studygroup.com> wrote:

    Hi Catherine

    This reminded me of years ago of another hardware failure – the offending desktop fan had a snake inside it!

    Cheers

    Bruce







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