Here's a question regarding _existing_ home wiring. How does one test it to determine its quality?
Right now I have dial up but need to upgrade to DSL. I'm only a mile from the C.O. so I think that won't be an issue.
What I don't know is the wiring in my building and that to my individual apt. I have no control over that.
With dial up I max out at 52 kbs. Is that good or weak?
Are there any tests I could run to determine the effective bit transport capacity of my line?
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Test YOU could run......no, probably not.
If you opt. for a "technician" install instead of do-it-yourself, they could/should do the test but that will be extra $$$ and probably isn't worth the trouble. DSL is very fault tolerant. I've had mine continue to work at near full speed when the voice "side" was not useable.
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Since the DSL line is (or should be) the slowest link in your connection, if the test shows you're getting normal DSL speed, the rest of your network is working OK.
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If you haven't been having problems with voice quality, I wouldn't worry about it. DSL is not all that sensitive.
I think the issue with DSL is things like loading coils. Those are unlikely to be inside your building.
That is very good. Most people don't get out of the high 40s.
Don't forget to install the filters they'll give you at your voice phones, or the DSL may make voice connections staticky.
Dave
For simplicity, you may want to do as I did with the filters. Instead of having a filter hanging off each phone or TAD in the house/apt, I put one at the NIJ so that all of the house wireing goes thru the one filter. Then I ran a seperate cat3 (cat5 or better could also be used) cable from the NIJ to the location of the DSL modem and plugged it into the modem port on the filter. If all of your house wireing is home run to the NIJ, this is easy.
More details and a photo of the NIJ available on request.
"Telephony Access Device"?
I've done that as well. Though in an old house mucking with the wiring can be... interesting. But it sounds like Lisa is in an apartment and does not have the degree of access required.
Dave
"Telephone Answering Device".
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