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I am once again having difficulties staying connected to the internet. Everything is correct, the signal drops repeatedly coming to the house on a daily basis. Everything is set up properly, I ran a direct line from the modem to the interface on the side of the house so there are no jacks. A tech came out last year and said there was a problem he'd have to fix on the pole. It worked great for about a month, then started having issues again. This has been going on for almost 3 years now. I have to reboot the modem between 1 and 20 times a day to stay connected. After a while it gets stupid and i just go do something else. They sent a newer modem and it doesn't stay logged in either. I've been dealing with modems and comms for over 20 years, i know the issue is not on my side.

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Telcoguru

Contact Verizon and have them send a tech out to test the DSL line.

wwest20

Will I need to be present? I work 12-15 hours a day, 7 days a week.

wwest20

Just spent an hour on the phone with rep. They say theres no problem and the line and data rates are good, but the modem wouldn't stay connected to internet the whole time i was on the phone. Not sure how you can check something that you can't connect with. They are sending me another modem and wanted to charge me for it. Oh yeah, my new bill came today and the rates are going up again. Sweet!!

Victor30Stone

I have the same problem. I am on DSL. For a year my connection has been dropping repeatedly, some days better, some worse. They had tech visits and say everything is OK with the DSL line. They sent a new router. Now, my connection is so poor my it will not support my desktop, I must use my tablet. Unofficially the tech told me they want everyone on FIOS, but I have a "guaranteed for life" DSL price. I am just waiting until my service stops altogether.

MomOfTwoBits

My comments won't give you any guidance. It's simply to let you know you're definitely not alone.

My connection drops every day between 1330 and 1400. I turn off my modem, unplug it from the back, wait 10 seconds (sometimes more), then plug it back in, turn it on & wait for it to load.

I've had technicians out no fewer than 6 times in the last two weeks - one came three times in one day.

They've created a dedicated DSL line, they've tested the connection inside the residence, they established that there were too many bridges on the cables outside the residence (to the main hub), I was told all the bridges were removed (last Friday) but the tech who came out this morning (and failed to talk with me until AFTER he turned off my service & worked on the line) told me there was only one bridge remaining, which he allegedly took off.

This past Sunday, when my service was down at 1630, I got an international call center and the rep told me that I'm some ridiculous distance away from the hub...the tech working on the line today confirmed I'm on the outskirts of the system and if it continues to happen, said that he expects that I'll just flip over to TWC because Verizon can't offer me FiOS (yet) and that's the wave of the future.

I've paid too much money to Verizon for too many years and I can't jeopardize losing my job for inconsistent connectivity (as I work from home 4 days a week). WTG Verizon for consistently shoddy service and worse customer service!

wwest20

I'm only asking for the service I pay for to work. Maybe I said it before, but for the last couple of years, it's been intermittent at best. I only plan to be in this area a few more months and don't want to lock into a year or two year contract that I have to pay a big fee to close when I move. I've paid over $1700 in 3 years basically to send orders for work in weekly, and for the past 10 months video chat with my fiancee over slow, grainy, choppy... and again, intermittent service. When you spend 30 min rebooting your modem repeatedly so you can cconnect to video chat, you're not in the best of moods to woo the one you love....right? Now we end up using our cell phones to video chat because AT&T can at least suipport OOVOO. 😞

wwest20

And thank you for your input... Smiley Happy

Telcoguru

DSL is based on distance, so the farther you are from the Central Office the slower your DSL is going to be. The maximum distance is 18,000 ft from the C.O.The line that you use for DSL has to have a microfilter on every phone in the house and the alarm system if you have one or a whole home splitter must be installed at the Network Interface Device with a dedicated jack to the DSL modem. Once the modem is in synch the downsteam and upsteam noise margins need to be above 10 db or the modem could lose synch knocking out your internet connection. Finally since the phone uses a copper pair to get to your house the line must have load coils removed and be free from any metallic troubles such as short circuits, grounds or crossed battery, so as you can see there are a lot of things that can knock out your DSL line.

wwest20

thank you for stregthening my case. I have no phone (or even phone acct), no spliter, no wall jack, nothing but a modem. I ran a direct line from the modem to the interface on the side of the house. I know my wire is new and has no defect, which puts the problem between the interface on the side of the house and the central office.

mmiller265

Your problem is not unique and you are right about the problem not on your end. I spoke with Verizon techs and found out DSL lines at least in California are at 100% capacity I have had techs here so often I think I need to set up a room for them but Verizon keeps selling connections without being able to support them. I suggest that you contact public utilities commission and file a complaint. Maybe Verizonwill be forced to,actually build the additional central offices or lines to support the connections they have sold. Bad news, California and Texas have been sold off to Frontier communications that seems to have a very bad reputation.

bvarley

I also am having these same issues with my connection over several years and numerous calls to support gets nowhere. They check house connections and then house to pole and find nothing. The last tech here said it was probably between the pole and Verizon...but never checked any further than the pole. I've asked repeatedly to speak to a supervisor but they will not do that. Today after I talked or more like argued with tach support they made an appt for tech to come out tomorrow. Not more than five minutes and my phone rang with someone asking to access my computer which I denied and realized it was a scammer. When I called them out, they hung up on me. I have no doubt that this scam came from my call to Verizon support. I cannot find a number to report my problems to Verizon. I think its time to take my business elsewhere.

MannyBrown83

Well it seems I am not the only one with the issue of internet connection being dropped. If so many customers are having this issue, why does verizon advertise such fast reliable service? Total lie, just sayin, but the last few times I has requested a tech to come out here...no show all three **bleep** times. And since I have Roku internet TV, well, I usually just go out and wind up buying whatever movie I want on DVD. The restarting of the modem is old. Im tired of that. What happened to Fios? and why in New Jersey is it still not available in my area? This isn't backwoods of Kentucky..they probably have a better setup than I do. Anyways, I am just glad to see other people with the same issue as myself. And if it keeps up then I might have to kick Verizon out just like I did with good ol' comcast.

bigmike4511

I have been dealing with the same issue for over a month. So far I have had them send me two new modems, and had to deal with them trying to convince me to switch to FIOS (they are not providing the service that I am paying for now, why would I want to lock into another service with them?). The internet will disappear randomly, the best part is the status page from the modem will sometime show Broadband Disconnected and the ISP as Connected (no broadband means no connection to the internet at all)

Calls to Verizon are answered, if you are lucky, by someone who can barely be understood (think "Peggy" from the credit card commercial) and most of the time you have to deal with listening to ads or loud on hold music.

Supposedly they are going to have the problem fixed within 24-48 hours. I believe, thousands would not but I do Smiley Surprised (end sarcasm)

sawdust4

Yes, yes, yes... I'm in the boat with ya'll so make room. I reset my modem upwards of 35 times a day. It's been this way since the day it was installed about five or six years ago. I also have a dedicated line for the DSL, installed by Verizon so the issues is not on my end. I've been mailed no less than a dozen modems. We have no landline phones. I'd take my business somewhere else if it was available but there is none here, no cable, no other DSL. I'm about 500 yards from the central office. It's nuts. I need internet service for work but Verizon cannot reliably provide that. So my work has provided a new iPhone with unlimited data so I use it as a hotspot when the kids want to play online games or steam a movie. It's impossible to do that with Verizon DSL. The AT&T hotspot is considerably faster than the DSL. I tried to post this message and guess what, no connection. Had to go reset the modem....AGAIN. That's eight times in the last four hours.

RouterFixer

Change your DNS server from the router to the Google public DNS servers. Fixed my connection issues! Verizon couldn't even give me that solution!

wwest20

Finally Verizon sent a tech out Friday. He fixed the problem before he ever showed up here. The connection at the station in my neighborhood was grounded out and he said he couldn't understand why it worked at all. He also said he switched me to another set of wires. This is a damp area and the wires are underground. They are going bad and Verizon doesn't want to replace them. They want everyone to switch to Fios, but they still haven't made that available yet in this area.

While the service is not as fast as cable, it's a lot better than it was and i haven't rebooted thte modem at all since friday. It really sucks to pay 50+ bucks a month for substandard service. I've been telling them for months the problem was on their end.

zuloxeno

I have been having more issues with staying connected and Verizon refuses to send someone out if the speed test is above 1 Mbps. It's at a very intermittent 1.2 Mbps. I call tech support and they can walk me through the most basic troubleshooting steps for almost an hour either to wear me out or dissuade from sending someone out or escalating to the states.

I keep imagining someone in a suit, in an office, at Verizon saying "Man! were making a killing off those dumb red necks in the country with our **bleep** poor DSL, chuckle...chuckle"

I'd be good if they charged me for for what I actually get, or don't get.

Dave

Olivia10

Download and upload speeds drop at our home every day between 1:30pm - 6:30pm (CT). Connection is dropped more often per day than we care to count. After being a Verizon internet customer over 10 years, we are sick of it and the crappy service. We have had Verizon home phone service about 25 years. You would think they would treat their long time customers better than they do. Especially since they are not the only game in town anymore. We are going to start shopping around!

rescuenut10

I to am having a issue with dropping of the internet. They tested the lines, sent a new router, upgraded my speed package, etc. etc. They ended up saying it was my laptop and a issue with using internet explorer. Which I can not believe is the issue since my wife's laptop and tablet and my iphone all lose connection. So to appease them I switched to Google chrome. It seemed to be better until about 2weeks ago. Now its back again. I can literally see the central office from my house (3blks down the road) so hopefully that eliminates the distance issue. The ironic thing to, At work i work off a Verizon 4g lte hotspot and lose the connection 4 or 5 times a day. Comcast is looking better and better and some of the reason I'm not going use Verizon wireless either.

beanbag1

i also have been having trouble with connection problems.got a new router which i was billed for been dealing with this problem for 5 years. and still no improvment get tired of calling tech support when the problem is still there

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