[plug] modem on adsl

[Daniel Pearson]

I have the same problem too, weirdly enough. Even using a filter, sometimes it
just won't work. Yet if I hook it into the phone socket where my ADSL plugs in..
it works, strange eh? :)

Quoting Denis Brown <dsbrown at cyllene.uwa.edu.au>:

> At 11:31 AM 9/03/2005, you wrote:
> >Can a normal 56k external modem be used on the phone line side of an
> >adsl installation? I tried,no go, but dont know if possible or if the old
> >modem has died?
> 
> Hmmm... I've not tried it but cannot see any reason, in theory, why it 
> would not work.   The 56K modem should use voiceband-ish frequency range 
> and the ADSL is very much out-of-band from a voice perspective.   Might pay 
> to check on your filter though.   You may be able to try the modem on 
> another known-modem-friendly 'phone line?
> 
> HTH,
> Denis (willing to stand corrected on the above!)
> 
> 
> 
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