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Absurd, right? The 30 foot phone line
I realize this is the electronics.repair group and not a computer group, but
my question is really about wire. Long story short: I've had 1.5 Mbps DSL for years. I found I could upgrade to 6.0 Mbps service and did. Earthlink sent me a new modem. New modem would only get 1.5 Mbps. Two hours on the phone to India and we gave up and they made a trouble ticket to AT&T to check the line. The AT&T line guy checked the line to the box on the side of the house and said it was perfect. I disconnected the house and plugged in a single 30 foot telephone cord from the AT&T box directly into the DSL modem. No change, 1.5 Mbps. Today the guy from India calls and tells me the AT&T guy said the problem was in the house wires. I said, nope... I disconnected the house and ran a direct 30 foot wire. He said, "Oh well, the problem could be in that 30 foot wire." Just a sanity check here before I call them back and start yelling, that's an absolutely absurd statement isn't it? Dallas |
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