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| 477485 | 2006-08-09 23:22:00 | Friend has just installed broadband with phone filters and gets a buzz on phones (4 installed). I said it would pay to get a tech up to check his phone wiring. Is this problem common? What if his is a 3 wire setup? (Tech changed mine from 3 to 2 when he installed my broadband splitter). I know there are some phone experts here so any advice would be appreciated. |
linw (53) | ||
| 477486 | 2006-08-09 23:27:00 | Try disconnecting each phone plus filter individually to see if it can be isolated to a particular unit or phone jack. Make sure they also have filters on any fax and sky digital connections. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 477487 | 2006-08-10 00:01:00 | Yes, thanks, he is trying removing phones but I forgot about the SKY! Must ask whether his is connected. Very easy to forget that one (especially as mine isn't connected!). | linw (53) | ||
| 477488 | 2006-08-10 00:45:00 | Does your friend have an alarm dialer?, if he doesnt you will need a central splitter installed by a technician. Some have a filter allready put into them so that means he will have more than 5 filters ,looks like a central splitter will be needed. | Chrisn (9819) | ||
| 477489 | 2006-08-10 02:01:00 | The limitation on the number of filters is to control the total loading on the line . Exceeding it would probably affect the ADSL speed rather than the phones, which can handle quite serious signal losses and still be perfectly usable . Exceeding the limit wouldn't cause a "buzz" sound, anyway, just quieter sound, if carried to extremes . The buzz is more likely to be filters not working, or some external interference . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 477490 | 2006-08-10 04:44:00 | Probably one of the filters is faulty. | pctek (84) | ||
| 477491 | 2006-08-10 07:55:00 | The speed is not an issue - the IHUG speed test went off the clock . It only records up to 3Mbbs! Excuse my ignorance, but what is the story with 3 versus 2 wire systems? Is 3 wire a potential problem? |
linw (53) | ||
| 477492 | 2006-08-10 08:19:00 | With a 3 wire system, the 3rd wire (the old "ringing circuit") can give noise problems. Both noise to phones and radiating out of the lines to nearby radios. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 477493 | 2006-08-10 08:27:00 | The speed is not an issue - the IHUG speed test went off the clock . It only records up to 3Mbbs! cache maybe? |
sam m (517) | ||
| 477494 | 2006-08-10 11:09:00 | No, it's a bit more sophisticated than that . It does seem to bypass the cache . I'm on 2Mbps and get around 1 . 8 Mbps so with a 3 . 5Mbps link one could get over 3 . Not bad really . |
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