[ale] OT: DSL in older house (no NID)

[Geoffrey]

zeb wrote:
> On Friday 16 April 2004 18:34, Robert Story wrote:
> 
>>My sister just called me to ask about getting DSL at her place. She
> 
> 
> My house is close to 40 years old.  The line from Bell comes in to a 
> block in the basement and then branches.  When I installed Earthlink 
> DSL, I ran another wire from that block to the DSL modem and plugged 
> it in.   I did not install any filters.  It works, and there is no 
> inteference to simultaneous voice.  Not elegant, but it works.

I suspect that you don't use the line you ran for your dsl for voice. 
You wouldn't have problems on the rest of your lines, because you ran a 
dedicated line for your dsl and it won't interfere with the existing lines.

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