Hi Paul! In message mid:57123078093.20021026223044@;pcartwright.com on Saturday, October 26, 2002, 9:30:44 PM, you wrote:
j>>> I bet when I stapled the telephone wire to the house one of j>>> the staples cut too deep... I can hear on my phone when my j>>> computer is dialing up. SM>> Yes, that will happen if the wires are shorted. PC> doesn't need to be shorted. It is induction. twisted pair wires, 2 phone PC> lines twisted together, the wire runs all over the house. I used to have PC> 2 phone lines and I could hear the conversations on 1 line from the PC> other. Then it is likely wired incorrectly, or there is a problem with the telco box. If it were as simple as you describe, then CAT5 would not work. My house has multiple lines, available through a single cable, and does not have such trouble. -- --Scott. mailto:Wizard@;local.nu Using The Bat! 1.61 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 on an AMD Athlon XP 1900 (1.6G real, 1.9G effective) with 512MB. ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html