Single Dongle For Shared Line?

Exactly right. My hookup is done this way. Squeezing the dongle/filter into the telco NID box was a challenge.

BTW, I would suggest *shielded* twisted 2 conductor wire with one end of shield grounded.

--reed

Yup, I do essentially this and it works fine. I've since found out about whole-house splitters that can handle the higher ring current you might experience with a whole house full of phones. I got mine at

, though I've since gotten fiber, so should probably remove it. The nearly free solution seemed to work well. 8*)

I used a two-line jack and a short patch cord to get the "filtered output" back to the second line, then attached all my house phones to the second line.

Yes, but I didn't know that the Allen Tell device existed when I put my kludge together. Now of course, I should replace the dongle with a short wire, and avoid all DSL filters...

Reading the description of the Allen Tel device, I don't understand why you had to do this. Doesn't it provide "DSL only" and "everything else" outputs?

John Jones, Detroit

Per Reed:

Can anybody put a name on this stuff besides the description?

Sounds pretty obvious to me, but I went down to the local Radio Shack today and nobody knew what I was talking about.

I used Radio Shack Cat# 278-513, 2 conductor, shielded, 24 gauge,

50' for $8 Seems like RS clerks only know how to take cell phone orders anymore. I once attended a recruiting session for RS. They much prefer to hire people with absolutely no background in the products. Upsell is their game, come in for a watch battery, sell you a satellite dish.

--reed

Ah, yes "You've got questions, we've got blank stares." My local one isn't bad, but you really gotta know what you're looking for...

My last three visits have gotten the response "There is no such thing". On at least two of those visits I showed them the item in their own catalogue. Maybe I'll try them again in another year or two. I use Digi-key for serious items and Cyberguys for the less serious stuff.