Thanks Ben, Yes, I would have to deal with Verizon, my local phone service provider, and EarthLink, my DSL provider. At the moment, I don't have the desire to do that. Too much frustration! In searching I found the below from twacomm.com. Think I'll order one.
Tom Wall mount DSL splitter isolates plain old telephone service and stops band better than 30dB. The splitter allows both voice and data signals to travel over the telephone line. It splits combined signals to provide seperate outputs for both phone and data. It also filters out any impedance from telephone equipment that can interfere DSL transmissions. Easy wall phone installation. Uninterrupted ADSL service. Economical installation without the necessity of tools. Contains extra jack for phone accessories. ** Original Message From: Ben Moore ** >Run the tests that Clint mentioned. > >You may have already done that. It's entirely possible that >something is messed up in your inside wiring and by plugging >in a phone you are effecting the line throughput.. The DSL >filters provided by EarthLink should work as well as any. A >different modem shouldn't matter especially since you get max >speed without any phones connected. > >The problem you are going to have is dealing with two >different companies, the phone company and EarthLink. If you >pay the phone company a monthly fee for inside wiring support >you might call them and explain the problem. If you don't >have inside wiring support, you are going to pay $90+ and >hour for them to come out. EarthLink is going to say it's >your wiring and it's not their problem. > >You might test the phones separately and see if one cuts the >speed down more than the other. Telephones differ greatly >these days in quality and construction. > >I would call EarthLink and get them to certify that there >should be no decrease in speed with telephones plugged into >the line. Then , if I had inside wiring support with the >phone company, I'd call them and make them come out and check >my lines and figure out what's going on. Without inside >wiring support, I'd probably live with it. $90 an hour on an >open ended service call can get really expensive. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
