[plug] Please help Daniel: comparing Billion reports

[Daniel Pearson]

Back onto the subject, my ADSL has been down for approx. 2 hours, and unable
to gain line synch - only way i'm on now is because i've picked up the phone
(only way I can seem to gain a connection..)

Looks like its back to the drawing board.. *sigh*

Cheers,
Daniel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leon Blackwell" <leon at lostrealm.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Please help Daniel: comparing Billion reports


> On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:38:28AM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote:
> > I'd be looking very sternly at those other outlets, dusting off some
> > overalls and reaching for a set of sidecutters.
>
> I know I'm dropping into this thread rather late, and I'm the first to
> admit that I didn't really pay anywhere near enough attention in my
> electronics classes, but I have noticed a rather interesting case that
> puts noise on my phone line.  I run a cheap telephone extension cable
> along the floor of my flat (for quite some distance), connected to a
> double adapter.  On the double adapter is also a telephone:
>
>              /-------stupidly-long-extension-----|=
> wall-socket=-=
>              \-|-telephone
>
> When the telephone is used alone, I can happily hear AM radio.  I unplug
> the extension cable, it goes away.
>
> The interesting thing is that if I put the phone on the end of the
> cable, there's no problem.  In fact, if I put any phone on the cable and
> make use of it, there is no AM radio; I get a crystal-clear line.  If
> the phone on the end of the cable isn't being used, there is noise.
>
> I can only summise that the power over the line protects it from
> inteference.
>
>
> Since going ADSL and putting a filter in instead of the double adapter,
> all these problems have ceased.  Perhaps a central filter/splitter would
> solve your problems for you by filtering out the noise collected by your
> idle non-ADSL lines?
>
>
> Anyone who actually knows what they're talking about is welcome to tell
> me I'm wrong  :)
>
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