Re: How best to resolve ADSL problems?

AnthonyL wrote:
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 22:07:06 -0000, "Old Codger"
<oldcodger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

AnthonyL wrote:
A number of people in our village have perpetual problems. Others
including myself are fine. We can only get 512k because of the
distance to the exchange.

Those with problems get either fobbed off by BT or have endless and
fruitless conversations with someone in India.

With dial-up it was easy just to take a working laptop to the
problem spot and test out.

Anyone got any tips on how best to get to the bottom of the problem
installations?

Many thanks

Check the normal telephone is working properly and without noise.
If there are problems here they must be fixed before attempting to
resolve any ADSL problems. These problems should be reported to BT.


Presumably a test to a dial-up isp would then give spme indication of
the line quality?

I believe the best test is your ears.

Disconnect everything from all telephone sockets except the ADSL
modem/router. Ensure the ADSL modem/router is connected to the
master socket. If the master socket is the latest (NTE5), with a
removable lower front half, remove this and plug the ADSL
modem/router into the socket revealed (this should have disconnected
*all* extensions and associated wiring and is the best test).

I think many properties still have the old style sockets. Presumably
they are not upgraded foc.

They used to be but only if necessary to solve problems. Don't know if this
still applies though.

How reliable are line tests that BT carry out? This is quite an old
village and I would guess that a lot of the BT cabling is problematic.
It is still overhead delivery to the properties. I wouldn't be
surprised if there are DACS and similar around. How best to find out
whether these are interefering either before ordering or after
installation?

If you have a DACS this will be removed when ADSL is installed. I have
overhead lines and have a 1 Mb connection.

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