Hi, one of my clients has a DSL connection at his cottage in Stoney Lake. His SIP extension kept failing and was tracked down to the Analog line carrying the DSL This was a "no brainer" when I listened to the line on an ordinary POT. after breaking dial tone I could here all sorts of weird noises so I traced back the cable to the demarkation point (a small box attached to the outside of the house). The box officially belongs to Bell so I opened it anyway, the two connections inside showed signs of corrosion (green mold), from my old days I remember that this type of corrosion can emulate a resister, a diode, zener diode or a random noise generator depending on temperature and humidity. Anyway, disconnecting and thoroughly cleaning the connections and cable completely cured the problem. I would check this out before calling the phone company as their equipment can often miss these problems and might save you a 10 day wait for some one to come out to fix the problem.
Good Luck Henry L.Coleman CEO [VoIP-PBX] < Steven McCann> > Yes I'm quite certain there's a problem with our lines as a technician has > had to come out and move them to different pairs.. I suppose we may have to > pull their ear to come and replace the lines. > > Unfortunately when we're using just a regular analog phone we can't notice a > problem with the lines. It's a shame that these VOIP FXO card's are not more > industrial strength yet to work in non-ideal conditions... > > Thanks, > Steven > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 1:47 AM, Anthony Boyington < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Maybe not too helpful but I worked for a company that installed all the >> security systems for RBC and scotiabank, we had the same problems with wet >> lines in rural areas. Most of the lines we where replacing was DVAC and some >> where temporary dial-ups over POTS, whenever it rained we would have at less >> 80 or more offlines and most tmes it would short out the cards back at the >> monitoring station. We would have to pull which ever card was effected rest >> and put in tickets with bell. >> >> On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Ian Darwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Steven McCann wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I've been working on a setup in a rural environment using a TDM400P card >>>> to >>>> bring in two POTS line into a VOIP system. We've found alot of problems >>>> with >>>> the card whenever it rains (lines go full of static and rebooting the >>>> server >>>> fixes it). We had the card replaced by Digium with a TDM410 card, but >>>> still >>>> have had the same problem. >>>> >>> >>> I suspect it's the Bell lines. Our rural POTS line was the same even >>> before Asterisk - a bit of rain and the junction box (3km away) fills up >>> with water and we get static. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Anthony Boyington >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
