On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > Tod posted this from an unsubscribed address... > > ----- Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- > > Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:21:04 -0400 > From: "Tod Tyler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: suspected telelphone line breaks > To: <[email protected]> > > Hi, I keep losing my DSL connection AND sometimes when on the phone I > hear things like another person has picked up an extension (impossible). > This house is 50 years old. Could I have breaks within the telephone > wiring of the house? > ----- End forwarded message ----- >
It's more likely a problem on the phone company's end if you are actually hearing voices. It might also be a poorly configured AM radio station that you have the misfortune of being within range of. I've had both issues in the past. To rule out a radio station, try to listen and see if there's a call sign or compare the conversation to various AM radio stations. You'll also sometimes be able to hear the radio even when you don't have an ongoing call (depending on the volume compared to the dial tone). If it is a station, you'll have to call up the station and get filters tuned for their frequencies. Not sure how that will work with DSL though, as I only had this issue back in my dial-up days. It was a common problem in my neighborhood too. My dad serviced the computers at an office complex nearby and said one of the employees always made a "call" at 3pm to listen to some specific radio broadcast then. The other possibility is some sort of line crossing or such issue with the phone company wiring. Since you said you live at a house, I'll assume your phone junction serves just you and not several units. I had this problem constantly in Woodland and the phone company always said they could do nothing to track it down unless I called them when it was happening. My manager also did not do her part to ensure the apartment's wiring was not the issue (could have been a problem in the apartment's wiring for example). I didn't pursue it much because I knew I was only living in Woodland temporarily. The one time it happened in Davis, the phone company was far more responsive (of course, this was before the AT&T merger) and traced it down to rain damage in one of their junctions. I was without phone service for a day or two while they repaired the damage, but had no problems after that. If you think it's the wiring, you will need to push this with the phone company. If you don't have Wire Pro service, they will try to scare you away by threatening huge service charges for sending out a technician. If the issue is in their lines, they are not supposed charge you. They can only charge if the issue is the wiring in the house and if you have Wire Pro (or whatever they call it these days), they won't charge then either. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
