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DSL line on old Phone lines
Name: dtmyth Date: October 25, 2003 at 13:56:52 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro CPU/Ram: AthlonXp 2400/ 640 PC2700
Comment:
Hello
I just moved in with my mom who has no internet(well dial up but I don't want to tie up the phones all the time) and I was talking to her about gettting DSL and she said that the people who have just moved in next to us (aparment) had to rip up all the phone lines and put in new ones becuase the old ones would not take DSL. The phone lines are from about the 40's. I just wanted to ask you guys if they changed what they used in phone lines and if we would have to rip up the lines to get DSL.
Name: Stuart Date: October 25, 2003 at 14:33:04 Pacific
Reply:
Theey would have replace the old phone lines with copper cable, just like the original. If the phone line had been in since the forties the chances are that it had been broken and repaired numerous times. Each repair will cause a slight loss of signal. Not a problem with voice but is with high speed data. Corrosion would have got in through the insulation with similar problems.
If you naighbour had to have new phone lines installed, the chances are that you will have to do the same. The only people that can tell you for certain is your phone company. They can run checks to check the quality of the line.
Stuart
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Response Number 2
Name: Bill Date: October 25, 2003 at 15:46:29 Pacific
Reply:
Just run your own new line at the terminal where the telephone enters the house.
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Response Number 3
Name: Stuart Date: October 25, 2003 at 16:17:08 Pacific
Reply:
That wont achieve a lot. Its the line from where it enters the house the telephone exchange. Whats know as the "local Loop" in the UK.
Stuart
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Response Number 4
Name: dtmyth Date: October 26, 2003 at 01:07:17 Pacific
Reply:
Thank ya all very much it looks like we have to lay new line witch sucks becuase then I have to help pay for some of it. :( but its worth haveing my internet back :)
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