On 3/20/2011 11:52 PM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 3/20/2011 8:49 PM, Jeff Thies wrote:
On 3/20/2011 7:18 PM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 3/20/2011 9:36 AM, Jeff Thies wrote:
I'd like to rewire the rental's phone lines for DSL. It's a mess of old
phone wire running pretty much everywhere. I'll need just two jacks,
one
for the DSL modem and one for a Vonage connection.
Is the old phone wiring capable of DSL? Should I run new wire and what
kind? My first impulse was to run cat5 or 6 but I don't know what the
connection to the phone jack would be from that. That and I don't
believe I have any!
I believe the Telco entrance box has a phone jack that can plug into
some kind of punch down also in the box.
Just need some background info before I go off hunting for this.
Probably heading to Fry's or some such. Quick and easy is what I'd
prefer.
Jeff
You must check with your telephone company to make sure the box on the
outside wall is compatible with DSL,
It's tagged as such.
there is usually a picture on their
website showing which NID/demarcation box will work. The DSL filter I
use on all installations is a weather proof heavy duty filter made by
several manufacturers and I run a separate line to the DSL modem from
the filter which I mount outside next to the phone company NID.
Telco has been out twice and are coming out again tomorrow.
There is only DSL so I disconnected all but the line to the jack the
modem is on. I don't need a filter on the DSL line do I? Only thing in
line now is some kind of old lightning suppressor, which I cleaned up
the connections to.
http://superphonestore.net/se-649a1.html
The big filter has superior performance and also has fuses to protect
the indoor equipment. It's cheaper to replace the filter than to replace
a half dozen phone devices. If you can solder you can replace the fuses.
I'll look into that.
I'm thinking the problem is somewhere upstream to the DSLAM but I want
to make sure my end is OK. I remember when AT&T didn't suck.
Jeff
Oh man, I think I posted a while back about the problems I had
straightening out my friend GB's DSL service. I spent hours on
the phone and three AT&T DSL techs came out to his home within
a few weeks and all three found a different problem. I finally
went through my DSL modem collection and found a ZOOM DSL modem
router with 4 port switch that worked on his line. The ZOOM is
a better modem than the Westell or Netopia and seems to be able
to work through the line noise. The Zoom has worked without a
glitch since I set it up weeks ago. :-)
TDD
My 3rd-party DSL provider (on 2nd dry pair) told me they'd TOS me if I
plugged up any other modem but theirs, and the mac address (or whatever)
didn't match. Guess they wanna ensure the rental income from the modem,
even though they subtract out the modem cost every month due to the
program I signed up under. I keep seeing very fancy DSL modems for five
bucks at garage sales and goodwill, etc.
I sure wish Ma Bell would bring their DSL out this far. Twice the speed
for same price, or half the price for the same speed. I know it would
work- my provider's head end is next door to the CO downtown, and rides
Ma Bell wires. But I'm a quarter-mile outside their QOS circle, and they
aren't putting any more money into copper DSL anyway, wanting everyone
to sign up for expen$ive Uverse. (Which they decided not to run down my
road anyway, from the big road, even though they ran it the other
direction from the big road, to the fancy subdivisions. But I digress....)
--
aem sends....