[ale] [OT] DSL and latency

[PairOfTwins]

Chris:

After watching the video on testing the phone line, I arrived at the 
friend's house with laptop and screwdriver.  Plugging the modem into the 
test jack, in place of the line that was there, I got no DSL light at 
all.  Plugging a standard phone there, I got no dialtone!  Same for the 
other (unused) line in the same box.  Also, with the test jack empty, 
the inside phones worked as usual.

If I had some test clips and a bare phone cord, I could have tapped the 
line, but it seems that the inside wiring would still be live, so would 
that  have been a useful test?

We called AT&T and they've agreed to send someone out Monday, but 
wouldn't commit to any latency test.  They couldn't explain why the test 
jack failed to work as expected, either.

Another perfectly fine afternoon spent trying to decide if wiring or 
AT&T or Earthlink is the problem...

Tom
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Chris Fowler wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 22:10 -0400, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>   
>> If you can tell the tech, "Look, the problem still exists at the
>> network
>> interface box", they should send send someone out to find and fix the
>> problem.
>>
>>     
>
> On the outside of the home is a telephone network interface.  See if you
> can get your DSL modem, router, and laptop out there and test.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNaNQEMKNmc
>
>
> Video on how to test your phone line.  
>
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