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Another DSL filter question.. noise on phone

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  • 02-06-2007 12:28pm
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    eko
    Registered Users Posts: 262 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I have a simple setup with a phone socket in one of my rooms and an ADSL filter (supplied by eircom) to it. The supplied modem router goes into one socket on the filter, and my phone goes into the other.

    Broadband speeds are fine. Speedtest is good, though very recently the ADSL connection has been dropping quite a bit in the evening time (though that may be another issue altogether.. :rolleyes: )

    Anyways, the thing is, the phone I have hooked up to the filter makes has a load of background noise when using it, lots of hissing in the background, and occasionally I sort of hear noises that remind me of old dial-up modems when I'm on the phone. This ain't normal, right?

    Tried another phone on this filter, and same deal. Thought it might have been a dodgy filter, so bought another in PC World, but still the same issue.

    Anyone else see this before?

    Thanks.


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    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    sky box , another phone ???


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    eko
    Registered Users Posts: 262 ✭✭eko


    Sponge Bob wrote:
    sky box , another phone ???

    Nope, just the filter with a phone in one socket and the modem router on the other. Mind you, the actual phone socket in that room is an "extension", coming from the main eircom "box" in the hallway.

    I thought this extension cabling could be the culprit, put I tried the filter, phone and modem router in the main socket in the hallway with the same result. Weird. :o


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    JohnnieM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 716 ✭✭✭JohnnieM


    Had almost the exact same thing with a friend during the week.except his Broadband was down . the very faint modem noise your hearing is the dsl modem...(if you look at the sync light it will flash or blink when the noise occurs). we had to get Eircom out to check the line when they did the noise went...and the Broadband returned..


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    eko
    Registered Users Posts: 262 ✭✭eko


    JohnnieM wrote:
    Had almost the exact same thing with a friend during the week.except his Broadband was down . the very faint modem noise your hearing is the dsl modem...(if you look at the sync light it will flash or blink when the noise occurs). we had to get Eircom out to check the line when they did the noise went...and the Broadband returned..

    Excellent, thanks for the tip! Will give eircom a buzz to see if they can get it sorted out.

    Cheers! :D


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