[plug] [OT] ADSL line filter for Uniden cordless phone

[Greg]

Chris Caston wrote:

>On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 23:00, Greg wrote:
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>>Chris Caston wrote:
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>>>Hello,
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>>>A customer's adsl drops out and it is assumed to be because of their
>>>cordless phone and not having the right line filter.
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>>>Their ISP suggested a Digitor F2866. Anyone know where to get these or a
>>>similar line filter that will stop their adsl from dropping out?
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>>>regards,
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>>>Chris
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>>I see quite a few adsl faults and cant Ive seen what you have mentioned. 
>>As mentioned usually its a filtering issue. If the customer can hear the 
>>data noise on the line this is often a symptom of  poor filtering . 
>>Things to check orientation of filter , digital foxtel, alarm plugged in 
>>, external bell etc .
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>>note: even if the phone you are listening on has a filter  and you hear 
>>the noise it normally doesnt mean the filter is faulty but the noise is 
>>reflected off another piece of equipment in the house that is unfiltered
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>>Regards
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>>Greg
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>Thanks to everyone that replied. I ended up buying them a Digitor line
>filter from Dick Smith Electronics (DSE)
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>They were still happy to rant and rave blaming ozemail (even though if
>was one of their techs which gave me the right info on which filter to
>use) and Telstra so I had to sneak the filter on when they were out of
>the room. I couldn't charge them for it but it was better than hearing
>about it nonstop.
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thats interesting to know . When ever I come across such issues I would 
have put it down to a faulty cheap filter. The type we use dont seem to 
have such problems so I rarely would have to delve any deeper than that.

regards

Greg