On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:50:33 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Frank Erskine wrote:
On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:42:58 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
As a quick easy fix, just strip the cable back on each end and twist
the appropriate conductors together, then insulate. Its not
carrying any high currents and will have no effect on speech or even
broadband.

Just be careful the cores dont get nicked and snap.
I think this is potentially dangerous. Such a joint dos NOT have the
microwelds the screws or crimpins will make, and surface oxidation will
eventually result in a nice rectifying oixide joint..in short bugger all
broadband, some distortion, and like as not crackles when the joint
oxide arcs over.
Twisted connections were the norm for telephone cabling.

Not any more...with broadband..and they were probably done a bit more
systematically.

According to my pal who works for Openreach, there are still thousands
of twisted joints in regular use all over - and used for broadband!

Don't tell me, he knows because he has to go out and fix em!

No - oddly he has more trouble with crimped joints in cabinets.

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Frank Erskine