On 2009/8/22 Wesley Parish wrote: > I'm just wondering if there are any for Linux, that I could use to get hard > copy of actual voltage and amperage levels on my Internet connection via > Telecom's oh-so-wonderful lines. > > They cycle from useable to useless in between half=a=minute to a quarter of an > hour, and I'd like to document that. I may well decide to start a > class-action suit against Telecom for defrauding the general public, and > having hard evidence is likely to be vitally important.
First, I just want to say: Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. (Hanlon's Razor) > Oh, and by the way, Google is indeed my friend in this - when Telecom's lines > permit me to ask. Telecom's mastered the art of punishing people for > preferring to use someone else, after it mastered the art of punishing them > for using Telecom. As a contractor who does some work for Telecom, there is a number I can dial that will report things like earth impedence, capacitance, voltage etc on your line, provided it comes from a Neax in the exchange and not from a mux cabinet. When you call 120 to report a problem with your phone they perform the same test. It gives better results if you unplug *everything* from all your phone jacks first. If you have an alarm, that can cause problems on your line. Even if it is not monitored, it may still be connected to the phone line for "future-proofing". Also, any phone jacks installed by sky installers can cause problems (they do dodgy stuff like leaving an unprotected joint lying on the damp dirt under your house, among other things). Reply to me off-list and I'll see what I can do. Yuri
