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A creative SNEAKY solution

If DSL is available in your area get it, so much faster than dial up
Plus talk on phone at same time. Around ghere its down to 20 bucks a
month

Best is phone comany will do complete upgrade free!

They need service to work so you remain a subscriber

I know I should have DSL. It's about twice that expensive here for DSL.


The noise in the house wire will spoil the DSL speed anyway.

A telephone "punch board" is not much maybe $50 to 100 depending on how many
lines it needs to handle but you don't need to rewire all 8 apartments. You
only need to find your wire and bypass that POS telco box.

Have the phone company identify your line at the outside of the building.
Cut it right there and splice in a wire directly leading to your jacks. Cut
the other end of the abandoned wire inside your apartment leaving as little
as possible remaining connected. Better yet, wire in a completely new jack
connected to that wire only. Use quality wire and short run and you will
see improvement right away.

If you buy the wireline protection on your phone bill (or whatever they call
the inside wire service plan) then they will troubleshoot and fix your noise
for free. Mind you, they will not replace the old telco box either (or do
anything to the other 7 or more lines). They will take the easy and
reliable method I just explained.