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From: Rod Speed on 4 Feb 2010 15:00 Rob wrote: > On 3/02/2010 8:44 PM, Andy wrote: >> idgat wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:59:06 +1100, "jones"<jones(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >>>> Thank you for your advice/s. >>>> >>>> I had to ring them and the fellow (who was helpful I think), after >>>> working through differint tests, said it is probably the cables >>>> are too far away from the phone socket. >> >> Unfortunately, no, he wasn't overly helpful. He used one of the >> oldest excuses in the book and didn't RESOLVE anything. >> >>>> I do have an extension of the phone cable to plug the modem, and >>>> filter into - about 18 metres. >>>> He said it would be better to move the modem closer to the phone >>>> socket - no further than 3 metres, otherwise it distorts the >>>> line/signal. >>> >>> ++1. >>> >>> Phone line cable should be absolute minimum with modem nearest the >>> phone socket as possible .... then you can have the network cable to >>> the computer as l-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-n-g as you like. >> >> No, this is bullshit. >> >> And unfortunately, it's 'popular' bullshit, but bullshit nonetheless. >> >> Just the ISP shirking responsibility and blaming the customer. >> >> Consider that a good percentage of folks are over 2 KILOMETRES >> (that's 2000 metres, yes?) away from the exchange they're connected >> to, then try and figure out how much difference in attenuation and >> signal to noise ratio an endpoint phone cable longer than 3 metres >> will make. Show your work. > Is there a difference between ADSL1 and ADSL2 when calculating the figures? One better than the other? Yes, DSL2 does get a higher speed with the same copper pair. |