Monday, September 04, 2006

DSLExtreme Review: Very Poor Uptime Reliability (goes down a lot)

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dslextreme went down again just now. i called tech support and waited on hold for an hour. when my turn came up, they hung up on me!!! they know what the problem is: the service is down. the status recording says everything is operational -- ha!

i really regret signing up with dslextreme!!

the previous time i called tech support, he said i should reset my dsl modem to fix it. i did that this time several times. did not fix the problem. it's a network problem -- i can tell by calling customer support and not being able to get through. that's what happened this time when i called back after they hung up on me.

i wish i could quit them. but their terms are: $250 cancellation fee!!! yes, that's outragous!!

See the last comment for a fix to this problem!! or just click on DSLExtreme Fix

14 comments:

Beach_Blogger said...

dslextreme goes down again today. resetting the modem does not help.

Beach_Blogger said...

dslextreme goes down again this morning. it take more than one hard reset of the dsl modem before dslextreme comes back up. it causes me to be a little later to get to work. thanks dslextreme!! ha!

Beach_Blogger said...

yup, good old reliable dslextreme was down again this morning. luckly, only 2 modem restarts got me up...

Beach_Blogger said...

9/12/06. well, this is new: dslextreme went down twice today (that I know of): once in the morning and once at night. isn't that special!

what a terrible service!!

Beach_Blogger said...

9/13 down again this morning. 2 morings in a row. let's see if dslextreme will be down for N days in a row (currently N = 2 days).

took 1 modem reset (plus multiple browser waits after that reset) to get back on-line

Beach_Blogger said...

9/13 PM. dslextreme goes down again. i wonder if every time i sit down at my computer i can expect dslextreme to go down. dslextreme sucks big time!!

so this is their dsl going down twice in 1 day. took 2 modem resets and multiple page reloads. 5 minutes wasted on dslextreme.

Beach_Blogger said...

well, i was quite surprised when dslextreme did not go down yesterday - was there some sort of change? is this the "new and improved" dslexteme?? No. today, it goes down again. a brief one, but the same old unreliable dslextreme. well, i'm still hoping they will get their act together...

Beach_Blogger said...

went down again. oddly, gmail still worked. i wonder if it's really the DNS that's going down. i looked but can't seem to set the dns server in my gateway. i could try my pc next time.

Beach_Blogger said...

dslextreme went down for over 2 hours last night!! really poor!

i tried adjusting my dns on my pc but it did not help. i think it's their dns. when it's down, it's always stuck on "looking site.com". moreover, ajax sites are still up and running (eg: gmail)

Beach_Blogger said...

Lucky Reader, I found a fix to this problem!! I've posted the fix at
DSLExtreme fix

Anonymous said...

I experience the same C*ap with DSLExtreme. There have been numerous incidents where the connection suddenly drops for unknown reasons. Whenever I try to connect to certain websites, connection gets dropped. The only way to fix this issue is to unhook my modem physically and re-connect. Gotta talk to one of the tech-support guys there.

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Anonymous said...

Oh have things have since devolved ...
I have used them for a couple of years plus, but no more now
Just had the WORST
NIGHTMARE
EVER
Trying to cancel with these soul-sucking goons.
They have recently since outsourced ALL THE SUPPORT
the reps are clueless robots that will drive you complete MAD and you feel HELPLESS, I am telling you it is the WORST FEELING
like they have you by the balls
they lied to us, ignored us and tried to cheat and rape us for more money
I put my foot down and WON
you have to go online and publicly shame them on a certain DSL REPORT site to get through to any actual result, they only help you when you air it out publicly
I found out the hard way, good luck to anyone still in this mess. You will need it. Take my advice and hang up the phone I did it far too late, go online and rip their A open like they deserve for constantly A-raping the small folks like us who DON'T have this money to be cheated out of

Anonymous said...

Oh how things have since devolved ...
I have used them for a couple of years plus, but no more now
Just had the WORST
NIGHTMARE
EVER
Trying to cancel with these soul-sucking goons.
They have recently since outsourced ALL THE SUPPORT
the reps are clueless robots that will drive you complete MAD and you feel HELPLESS, I am telling you it is the WORST FEELING
like they have you by the balls
they lied to us, ignored us and tried to cheat and rape us for more money
I put my foot down and WON
you have to go online and publicly shame them on a certain DSL REPORT site to get through to any actual result, they only help you when you air it out publicly
I found out the hard way, good luck to anyone still in this mess. You will need it. Take my advice and hang up the phone I did it far too late, go online and rip their A open like they deserve for constantly A-raping the small folks like us who DON'T have this money to be cheated out of

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