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I believe there are "line filters" to be used when phone and DSL service
share a single line. It sounds like these got removed and not replaced in
the shuffle. Do you have bits left over, or did your friend perhaps
accidentally walk off with them? I believe they're cheap to replace and
easy to install.
David Gillett
On 21 Sep 2006 at 4:55, Julie-anne Pearce wrote:
Date sent: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:55:43 -0400
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From: Julie-anne Pearce <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [PCBUILD] d-link modem problem: crackly phone line, bumped off broadband
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> I have a problem with my modem I think. I have a D-Link ADSL modem
> and it was all going well but I unplugged things the other day when a
> friend wanted to plug his laptop into my phone connection and things
> have been no good ever since. First the phone wouldn't work, then I
> couldn't have the phone and broadband at the same time. Now it seems
> like I can have broadband on at the same time as the phone line is on,
> but I have noticed that if someone calls or I call someone I am bumped
> off the internet, and when the phone is used it starts off being
> crackly when I am on broadband. About the time the line clears (stops
> being crackly) is about the time broadband stops going.
>
> Help - it is driving me batty. It is very embarrassing when people call me for work and I try and look at a website they are talking about and I have been bumped off line.
>
> Thanks
> Julie-anne Pearce
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