On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:20:12 UTC, wrote:

Well, one i've not heard of before anyways.....

Friends in the next village (Broadbridge heath, West Sussex) have a
Dell PC conncted to orange broadband via the USB ADSL modem supplied
by Orange.

For about a week now they have been unable to use the connection
except when they are using the phone for a voice call.

If you look back in the group, there are many instances of this. Usually
due to a bad/dry joint somewhere on the line. Using the phone sticks
some current down the line and temporarily makes the bad joint work a
bit better.

BT need to do some more specialist work on the line, I guess. Good luck
getting Orange to agree to ask them, though.

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