ADSL Problems East Rand ?

[disturbed98]

Since yesterday my ADSL has been off (16 May 2007) . This morning, nothing has changed...still down. On my Marconi , the DSL Link light just keeps flashing....anybody else experiencing ADSL problems in the East Rand area (me in Kempton Park) ?

 

[ernstn]

I had a similar problem at a school in Cresslawn. It did not want to authenticate with their Telkom Internet account details. I then used my Web Africa prepaid details and it connected fine. I do not know whether this was because of the WA or because the fault was fixed, because half an hour later I did manage to connect using the Telkom Internet logon, also using a new password, having changed it earlier using the WA account

Apparently the problem returned for about an hour later yesterday but currently it is working.

Symptoms DSL light on router - On
Internet light - Off

 

[disturbed98]

Thank for the reply ernst , seems there is no "general" problem in the area.
Managed to get through to Telkom, and when they tested my line from their side, they said "Loss of power" , and "is the modem switched on?" .
What is this loss of power they are talking about ??!?!? My modem IS switched on !!!
I honestly dont know what to do now, as Im currently at work in JHB CBD , so I cant have them walk me through the whole "reset to default" story they always tell me.
Also ur symptoms seems abit different than mine, as your DSL Link light is on, but your ISP authentication failed.
Any suggestions people before I phone them later this afternoon ? Is it possible that my modem just decided to stop working during the day ? It was not hit by lightning, so it should be fine (we had nice sunny weather yesterday )