About 3 weeks ago my line suffered massive failure, from a constant 4 meg stable connection it became a whimpering connect @ 4meg and continously cycle down disconnecting until hitting 640k and then just try and achieve synch. First call went out, they went to the exchange and fixed something, line almost back to normal. Day later, died again. Next call out, they came and re-wired the point in my home and the external cable from my flat to the telkom box in the building. Getting constant high speeds again but disconnects all the time, can't play, downloads struggle with timeouts, browsing or streaming also very annoying.
So have now logged a third call, lets see what happens. Cleared my sec log @ about 6.30am from all the discos and they've already started again
*EDIT* Sigh, just look at it!
Nov 3 06:35:51 kernel: ADSL link down
Nov 3 06:35:52 kernel: ADSL G.994 training
Nov 3 06:35:57 kernel: ADSL G.992 started
Nov 3 06:35:59 kernel: ADSL G.992 channel analysis
Nov 3 06:36:04 kernel: ADSL link up, fast, us=512, ds=4032
Nov 3 07:21:23 kernel: ADSL link down
Nov 3 07:21:23 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. Connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:21:23 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. PPP connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:21:24 kernel: ADSL G.994 training
Nov 3 07:21:29 kernel: ADSL G.992 started
Nov 3 07:21:31 kernel: ADSL G.992 channel analysis
Nov 3 07:21:36 kernel: ADSL link up, fast, us=512, ds=3904
Nov 3 07:21:38 pppd[460]: PPP: Sending PADI.
Nov 3 07:21:46 pppd[460]: PPP: PADO received.
Nov 3 07:21:46 pppd[460]: PPP server detected.
Nov 3 07:21:46 pppd[460]: PPP: PADS received.
Nov 3 07:21:46 pppd[460]: PPP session established.
Nov 3 07:21:48 pppd[460]: PPP LCP UP.
Nov 3 07:21:51 pppd[460]: Received valid IP address from server. Connection UP.
Nov 3 07:24:08 kernel: ADSL link down
Nov 3 07:24:09 kernel: ADSL G.994 training
Nov 3 07:24:09 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. Connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:24:09 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. PPP connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:24:14 kernel: ADSL G.992 started
Nov 3 07:24:16 kernel: ADSL G.992 channel analysis
Nov 3 07:24:20 kernel: ADSL link up, fast, us=512, ds=3904
Nov 3 07:24:22 pppd[460]: PPP: Try to connect to PPP server ...
Nov 3 07:24:22 pppd[460]: PPP: Sending PADI.
Nov 3 07:24:22 pppd[460]: PPP: PADO received.
Nov 3 07:24:22 pppd[460]: PPP server detected.
Nov 3 07:24:22 pppd[460]: PPP: PADS received.
Nov 3 07:24:22 pppd[460]: PPP session established.
Nov 3 07:24:25 pppd[460]: PPP LCP UP.
Nov 3 07:24:33 pppd[460]: Received valid IP address from server. Connection UP.
Nov 3 07:25:23 kernel: ADSL link down
Nov 3 07:25:24 kernel: ADSL G.994 training
Nov 3 07:25:24 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. Connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:25:25 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. PPP connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:25:29 kernel: ADSL G.992 started
Nov 3 07:25:31 kernel: ADSL G.992 channel analysis
Nov 3 07:25:35 kernel: ADSL link up, fast, us=512, ds=3872
Nov 3 07:25:38 pppd[460]: PPP: Sending PADI.
Nov 3 07:25:46 pppd[460]: PPP: PADO received.
Nov 3 07:25:46 pppd[460]: PPP server detected.
Nov 3 07:25:46 pppd[460]: PPP: PADS received.
Nov 3 07:25:46 pppd[460]: PPP session established.
Nov 3 07:25:48 pppd[460]: PPP LCP UP.
Nov 3 07:25:48 pppd[460]: Received valid IP address from server. Connection UP.
Nov 3 07:28:01 kernel: ADSL link down
Nov 3 07:28:02 kernel: ADSL G.994 training
Nov 3 07:28:03 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. Connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:28:03 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. PPP connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:28:07 kernel: ADSL G.992 started
Nov 3 07:28:09 kernel: ADSL G.992 channel analysis
Nov 3 07:28:13 kernel: ADSL link up, fast, us=512, ds=3936
Nov 3 07:28:15 pppd[460]: PPP: Sending PADI.
Nov 3 07:28:15 pppd[460]: PPP: PADO received.
Nov 3 07:28:15 pppd[460]: PPP server detected.
Nov 3 07:28:15 pppd[460]: PPP: PADS received.
Nov 3 07:28:15 pppd[460]: PPP session established.
Nov 3 07:28:17 pppd[460]: PPP LCP UP.
Nov 3 07:28:17 pppd[460]: Received valid IP address from server. Connection UP.
Nov 3 07:29:20 kernel: ADSL link down
Nov 3 07:29:20 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. Connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:29:21 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. PPP connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:29:21 kernel: ADSL G.994 training
Nov 3 07:29:26 kernel: ADSL G.992 started
Nov 3 07:29:28 kernel: ADSL G.992 channel analysis
Nov 3 07:29:32 kernel: ADSL link up, fast, us=512, ds=3936
Nov 3 07:29:34 pppd[460]: PPP: Sending PADI.
Nov 3 07:29:42 pppd[460]: PPP: PADO received.
Nov 3 07:29:42 pppd[460]: PPP server detected.
Nov 3 07:29:42 pppd[460]: PPP: PADS received.
Nov 3 07:29:42 pppd[460]: PPP session established.
Nov 3 07:29:44 pppd[460]: PPP LCP UP.
Nov 3 07:29:44 pppd[460]: Received valid IP address from server. Connection UP.
Nov 3 07:30:10 kernel: ADSL link down
Nov 3 07:30:11 kernel: ADSL G.994 training
Nov 3 07:30:11 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. Connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:30:11 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. PPP connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:30:15 kernel: ADSL G.992 started
Nov 3 07:30:18 kernel: ADSL G.992 channel analysis
Nov 3 07:30:22 kernel: ADSL G.992 message exchange
Nov 3 07:30:23 kernel: ADSL link up, fast, us=512, ds=3840
Nov 3 07:30:25 pppd[460]: PPP: Sending PADI.
Nov 3 07:30:25 pppd[460]: PPP: PADO received.
Nov 3 07:30:25 pppd[460]: PPP server detected.
Nov 3 07:30:25 pppd[460]: PPP: PADS received.
Nov 3 07:30:25 pppd[460]: PPP session established.
Nov 3 07:30:27 pppd[460]: PPP LCP UP.
Nov 3 07:30:32 pppd[460]: Received valid IP address from server. Connection UP.
Nov 3 07:32:52 kernel: ADSL link down
Nov 3 07:32:53 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. Connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:32:53 kernel: ADSL G.994 training
Nov 3 07:32:53 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. PPP connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:32:58 kernel: ADSL G.992 started
Nov 3 07:33:00 kernel: ADSL G.992 channel analysis
Nov 3 07:33:05 kernel: ADSL link up, fast, us=512, ds=3904
Nov 3 07:33:06 pppd[460]: PPP: Try to connect to PPP server ...
Nov 3 07:33:06 pppd[460]: PPP: Sending PADI.
Nov 3 07:33:06 pppd[460]: PPP: PADO received.
Nov 3 07:33:07 pppd[460]: PPP server detected.
Nov 3 07:33:07 pppd[460]: PPP: PADS received.
Nov 3 07:33:07 pppd[460]: PPP session established.
Nov 3 07:33:09 pppd[460]: PPP LCP UP.
Nov 3 07:33:09 pppd[460]: Received valid IP address from server. Connection UP.
Nov 3 07:34:21 kernel: ADSL link down
Nov 3 07:34:22 kernel: ADSL G.994 training
Nov 3 07:34:24 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. Connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:34:24 pppd[460]: Clear IP addresses. PPP connection DOWN.
Nov 3 07:34:27 kernel: ADSL G.992 started
Nov 3 07:34:29 kernel: ADSL G.992 channel analysis
Nov 3 07:34:34 kernel: ADSL link up, fast, us=512, ds=3872
Nov 3 07:34:36 pppd[460]: PPP: Sending PADI.
Nov 3 07:34:44 pppd[460]: PPP: PADO received.
Nov 3 07:34:44 pppd[460]: PPP server detected.
Nov 3 07:34:44 pppd[460]: PPP: PADS received.
Nov 3 07:34:44 pppd[460]: PPP session established.
Nov 3 07:34:46 pppd[460]: PPP LCP UP.
Nov 3 07:34:46 pppd[460]: Received valid IP address from server. Connection UP.