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| Thread ID: 50643 | 2004-10-28 00:25:00 | ADSL and Alarm? | HadO (796) | Press F1 |
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| 285240 | 2004-10-28 01:16:00 | > The alarm is no longer required to be monitored but > if a splitter was put in for the alarm and then I > used jack filters for the rest of the house could > there be an issue with the amount of splitters being > used? While your up there putting the spliter on the alarm, why not bung it on the telecom line and get yourself a "full install". If I remember correctly a few PF1 members have done this using slightly modified filters as per the ones you get at DSE. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 285241 | 2004-10-28 01:35:00 | Is it just me or does the $248 full install fee seem completely unreasonable?! I assume it just entails putting a big splitter on the main line and using the existing wires around the house for voice and using a seperate wire and jackpoint for data . Surely there must be some telephony guys around that can do it cheaper than a Telecom contractor . . . I guess it's who you know huh . . . |
HadO (796) | ||
| 285242 | 2004-10-28 01:41:00 | $248 may - or may not be exhorbitant. In some houses it would be too little, in others too much. It all depends on the wiring and the construction of the house. Getting an extra circuit from the filter at the ETP to the computer location is sometimes an all-day job, sometimes half an hour. I was able to use one $20 splitter to filter the whole house, but I wired it for that possibility originally. Its not that easy in many houses. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 285243 | 2004-10-28 01:43:00 | GF,if i chuck ya 50 can you come do my house?????:D | metla (154) | ||
| 285244 | 2004-10-28 01:43:00 | From what I have seen the "splitter" is a dual choke on the line/ADSL side, with a capacitor across the connector on the "phone" side. "Filters" are the same internally, but they don't have a third (ADSL) connector parralleled with the "line" input". Surely all that is necessary is one splitter, with its "ADSL" output connected straight to the ADSL "modem" (or to a wall socket), and the "phone" output connected to the "phone" wiring going to the rest of the sockets. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 285245 | 2004-10-28 01:46:00 | It would probably be easy enough to do myself but I have had bad experiences with phone systems when I was younger - shocks and all :D and I don't really want to create a larger bill :D | HadO (796) | ||
| 285246 | 2004-10-28 02:09:00 | > GF,if i chuck ya 50 can you come do my house?????:D Sorry metla - I don't do that for a living! - but, 50 what? 50 kilo of whitebait? Now thats tempting ... What Graham L suggests is the way its done with a single filter, but it depends on how the house was wired. Its not always that easy. There is no reason why you have to get a Telecom installer to do it, you own the wiring, get who you like. But if its not done correctly and causes phone problems, don't expect any wiring maintenance fee that you pay Telecom to cover the repair if it's not done according to good industry practice. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 285247 | 2004-10-28 02:15:00 | If I go with xtra they take $99 off the wiring fee = $149. I was trying to avoid them because of the 12 month contract and I can get the same deal for $10 less with my current ISP with no terms or early disconnection fees... Oh well - so be it. Thanks for the info anyway guys. :D |
HadO (796) | ||
| 285248 | 2004-10-28 03:37:00 | Ignore the Alarm, they use a clean set of contacts to changeover the line from ther phones to the alarm dialler. So it will not influence the ADSL at all. With the provision that it doesn't dial up anymore.This is due to the fact that they "clock-in" every 24Hrs with the monitoring company. So the only thing that will happen the, is that you lose the ADSL line and it will have to re-sync up after the alarm dialler has checked in. If the dialler has been disabled by the Alarm company, then you have nothing to worry about. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 285249 | 2004-10-28 04:34:00 | > We are talking about 5 splitters being used (inc. > alarm) for approx 7 devices ... I don't think you quite understand what they do. They split the line once at the incoming junction. One goes for your ADSL line and the other for your phone line. That is one splitter and one only. You may have multiple connections on the line but they all dont have to be split. |
Big John (551) | ||
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