DSL Gotcha

[David A. Bandel]

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 10:32:46 -0400
Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com> wrote:

>[snip]

> 
> I might add that I'm currently using (at least) a 25 foot phone cord
> for DSL at my wife's house. (now sold)  Goes from one bedroom, through
> a closet, into another bedroom and around the wall... etc.   
> 
> Has worked just fine from day 1 of DSL install.   I would guess that
> your cord is picking up some interference from somewhere and that mine
> is not.

I'll bet your pairs are twisted.  UTP has a particular twist.  Ever
wonder why you can't untwist Cat-5a more than 1.25 turns when putting on
a connector?  Beyond that, picks up too much cross-talk (NEXT -- near
end cross-talk).

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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