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Thread ID: 86168 2008-01-07 01:12:00 How reliable should broadband ADSl be ? Digby (677) Press F1
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627963 2008-01-08 07:33:00 stu161205 -
What online TV!?!?! , watching online TV is useless here on Xtra Go Large (at lest it is with Joost)Well Sopcast & TVU go OK sometimes.....usually I get the F1 races to go well.
RusEvo (3572)
627964 2008-01-08 18:57:00 If you know a good Sparky you trust to rewire your house fair enough, but be aware that they are not experts in phone wiring and sometimes cause problems due to this.

The local Telecom contractors are the best people for the job, most with 20+ years of experience in house wiring. I'm not trying to plug Telecom, just the hard working guys who know what they're doing.

The plug-in type of filter is cheaper, less reliable, and doesn't perform as well as the "splitter" type installation.

Common sources of problems with DSL are things like:
Faulty plug-in filters
Interference from cordless phones ( most are ok )
poor house wiring ( especially if using older 3 wire cabling )
"el-cheapo" modems
Sky TV and / or Monitored alarms incorrectly wired ( these guys are notorious for causing BB problems )
Being too far from the telephone exchange
Interference from outside sources - especially impulse noise from things like electric fences near the cables
Faulty cable pairs - can sometimes take some convincing that this is the case if the pair test are not conclusive.
dugimodo (138)
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