"Billccm" wrote in message
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| Hello All:
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| Our telephone line is giving us some trouble. It has a loud buzz, or hum,
and
| our internet dial up connection performance has degraded.
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| So, any suggestions on what to look for, how to troubleshoot, or even a
third
| party repair person would be helpful.
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| Thanks for any advice. Have a nice day,
|
| Bill

Back in my dial-up days I had a problem with our internet connection also.
The cause turned out to be our water meter that was tied into the phone line
to dial in meter readings. A new meter solved the problem. Seems it was a
common problem and a well kept secret of our local water department. After
that I ran a wire straight from the phone box to the puter with nothing else
on the line and greatly improved the performance of our internet connection.