[ale] [OT] DSL and latency

[Jim Kinney]

So that was not the nid for that address. There must be another
demarcation point on the property.

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:29 PM, PairOfTwins <PairOfTwins at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 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
> ==========================================================
> 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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