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Default Folded phone line can mess up DSL.

On 5/12/2018 8:22 PM, Jason wrote:
In article XnsA8E053B695DAtimothybilyahoocom@
69.16.179.28, says...
Having the wires coiled like that very likely degraded the line electrical
characteristics to the point that you were getting a lot of lost/error
packets.


Why? Twisted pairs are resistant to interference.


Absolutely, the twisted repairs counteract interference, and each pair
is twisted at a slightly different rate to reduce crosstalk between the
pairs. Here's a simple summary.

https://www.quora.com/How-does-twist...ween-the-wires