Re: [GTALUG] dsl modem ideas for bell?

2020-10-09 Thread Michael Galea via talk
On 2020-10-09 10:00 a.m., Scott Allen via talk wrote: On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 at 09:35, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: When I got VDSL2 installed, they put a splitter where it entered the house and ran one wire to the modem and the rest of the phone jacks in the house to the filtered side. The s

Re: [GTALUG] dsl modem ideas for bell?

2020-10-09 Thread Scott Allen via talk
On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 at 09:35, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > When I got VDSL2 installed, they put a splitter where it entered the > house and ran one wire to the modem and the rest of the phone jacks in > the house to the filtered side. The same for my mother's house, when recently upgraded fr

Re: [GTALUG] dsl modem ideas for bell?

2020-10-09 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Thu, Oct 08, 2020 at 11:15:55PM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote: > Yes, you'd normally have one at each phone, unless one is wired in ahead of > all the phones.  That's common in business, but not sure about homes. When I got VDSL2 installed, they put a splitter where it entered the house and

Re: [GTALUG] dsl modem ideas for bell?

2020-10-09 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
On 10/8/20 10:38 PM, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: Hi folks, Hope you all are finding ways to feel creative. Wondering if anyone might have a suggestion providing a solution. I am assuming that your phone is powered and not an old style passive line powered phone. If that is the case then it is

Re: [GTALUG] dsl modem ideas for bell?

2020-10-08 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
Karen, I am on Primus for DSL and land line. This service comes in through Bell's phone lines. When I installed Primus' DSL modem, admittedly quite a few years ago, I was sent a filter for each of my connections. I have a 56K Hayes style modem, which does not work unless I turn off t

Re: [GTALUG] dsl modem ideas for bell?

2020-10-08 Thread James Knott via talk
Yes, you'd normally have one at each phone, unless one is wired in ahead of all the phones.  That's common in business, but not sure about homes. On 2020-10-08 11:10 p.m., Karen Lewellen wrote: By filter, do you mean those little  thingies  one could put  on the phone to prevent interference?

Re: [GTALUG] dsl modem ideas for bell?

2020-10-08 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
By filter, do you mean those little thingies one could put on the phone to prevent interference? When bell moved me here they claimed I did not need them, but I will dig one out to see if it helps. Bell techs have checked the lines to my apartment, the jack itself, and the cables being used.

Re: [GTALUG] dsl modem ideas for bell?

2020-10-08 Thread James Knott via talk
The modem shouldn't be making noise. Is the filter on the phone(s)?  When you have ADSL on a phone line, filters are used to keep the phone and modems from interfering with each other.  If that's not the problem, call Bell.  Also, have you done any testing to ensure it's not something local?

[GTALUG] dsl modem ideas for bell?

2020-10-08 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi folks, Hope you all are finding ways to feel creative. Wondering if anyone might have a suggestion providing a solution. Bell is my dsl provider, they also provide my land line and satellites service as well, but that is not the issue really. Because I still use analog phone service, its tied