unable to connect.

Another DSL modem has failed and I am now waiting for a replacement.

My connections have been deteriorating since the meter guy had a tantrum and tore the phone and cable boxes off of the wall two years ago. I strongly suspect that the 'contractor' they sent out to fix it wired something into my loop that should not be there since

1. the boxes are now supported by their wires
2. there are wire splices outside of the box
3. my digital cable is fed through the phone box
4. there are loose fasteners inside the sealed boxes
and
5. without exaggeration, I can throw a rock and hit the CO across the intersection from my house and yet my signal quality swings from nil to excellent every few mintues

As a subscriber to both Bell and Rodgers I am understandably disappointed;
when I travel south into Toronto for work I am not excited to be meeting in person with my peers but able to get their e-mail.

If only my mother wasn't javascript:void(0)determined to keep her Bell e-mail address, then we could switch to a better DSL vendor (who would actually be selling us Bell internet, but at a better price and) with technicians who would understand that a loop that has toased three modems probabaly has something wrong in it.