[ale] OT: a question on cable connections

[Jim Kinney]

Of course to actually _do_ something like this will land the dumb
schmuck in a world of really bad trouble so while it feels good to
joke about it, actually doing is a really bad bad bad idea. The phone
co has lots of really good lawyers that would love to eat the idiot
who actually did something this stupid and violent.

So the only effective alternative is to vote with your checkbook and
get a new provider. And demand a refund of all money paid in already
since they can't provide reliable service.

BTW: If the phone co can't make the line stay up plugged in at the
box, it's _really_ their problem. Older neighborhoods are in need of
having wires replaced on the poles.  40+ years of swinging in the wind
will cause stress cracks around the support braces. The low frequency
voice as not affected but the higher frequency data is scattered by
the surface defects.

And then there's corrosion....

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Jim Kinney<jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> Since the typical phone dial tone is about 100+ VDC (time for the
> ex-phone crowd to correct me!) I suspect 240VAC will travel a ways and
> "make an impression".
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Richard Bronosky<Richard at bronosky.com> wrote:
>> Nice. Similar to the "plumber's torch to the appliance/computer/gadget
>> that the manufacturer insists on servicing instead of replacing"
>> trick. I don't know if that would actually conduct back to the part
>> you wish them to replace though.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> plug some AC-240V into that "line" they are using. Wait 'till the
>>> smoke clears and call for service. They will be able to find the
>>> busted DSLAM or shorting lines at that point in time.
>>>
>>> Better yet, call for service from a different provider. Speakeasy bare
>>> DSL has work almost without fail for me for more than 4 years. Their
>>> service is second to none. Yes, they cost a few dollars more per month
>>> but I chose to have my stuff UP AND RUNNING instead of cheap and
>>> unreliable.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Jim Philips<briarpatch.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I'm at the end of my rope on getting naked DSL to work from AT&T. So, I have
>>>> a question on cable connections: Is it best to hook up my cable modem to a
>>>> separate jack from my television? Or should I use the same jack and have a
>>>> splitter? If so, what kind of splitter? Where would I get it?
>>>>
>>>> AT&T has been absolutely useless in solving the problems that arose since I
>>>> went to naked DSL. I have had two visits from technicians who looked in the
>>>> house and tried stuff, but nothing changed. They told me a taeh was coming
>>>> to check the box outside the house. They now say he came (I never saw him)
>>>> but nothing has changed at all. The connection drops every twenty minutes or
>>>> so.
>>>>
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