Robin Whittle wrote:
...snip...
> > It is not possible to require Telstra to give you a non pair-gain
> > line. I know - I've tried many times!
>
> I can well imagine. I had two ordinary pairs here for phone and fax.
> Then I ordered a third line, but there were no spare pairs in the
> street.
>
> Fortunately the Telstra installer chap was super-helpful and
> understood my need for the new number to be on plain copper. So he
> organised things at this end and repatched the three services at the
> "exchange" building in Heidelberg ....snip.
> Later, they completely recabled the street and got into all sorts of
> strife with my services. You don't want to plug a phone or modem into
> the 90 volt or more signal coming along a pair which is supposed to go
> to a pair-gain box. They didn't seem to have all that many more wires
> in the street and there was no interest whatsoever in getting rid of
> my pairgain box.
Hmm, seems being in the burbs has one benefit - they will bring extra
cable in. Adding two extra lines to my place took up all the
sparelines, so they brought extra cable into the street (next door
wanted a fax line). When lines 4&5 were wanted, they were also all
copper.
I've since found that all five lines actually traverse new cable/route
to the exchange and we no longer cross the hill that attracts
lightning (was averaging 1 fried modem/year).
I suspect that the bottom line really depends on what they have in
your area. I have a pillar at each end of my street and I suspect they
are different exchange feed cables to each, so they have been able to
swap houses from one to the other as one fills up (it has a school and
small shopping centre off it).
I know when lines 4&5 were requested, they wanted me to take duet
service, but no-way, so I received copper. I do not know if they will
be so reasonable now.
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