[CLUE-Tech] CLUE: DSL - PCISYS

[Randy Arabie]

On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Timothy C. Klein wrote:

> I guess it is possible what you are describing could cause problems,
> especially if the line was marginal to begin with.  It would not,
> however, be caused by signal reflection.  The length is just too short.
> I guess it would have to be caused by poor splices.  I am skeptical that
> it would make a huge difference, but it might, who knows.  I know that
> my 100 year old house has some very 'interesting' phone wiring, but my
> connection speeds are just fine.  
> 
> It would be interesting to see if you get a speed jump by changing it.
> Qwest uses splitter-less installations, and instead goes for those silly
> little filter-things.  I thought the splitter was really just to reduce
> noise on your *POTS* line, so it didn't really matter.  I could be
> wrong.

My speed isn't a problem.  It's the reliability of the connection.  It 
drops for unexplained reasons.  Not regularly, but often enough to make 
me wonder.
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Cheerio!

Randy