[ale] OT: DSL in older house (no NID)

[John Mills]

Geoffrey -

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Geoffrey wrote:

> zeb wrote:
> > In reality, the line to the DSL modem is split off a line to a 
> > telephone on my computer desk.  I can use that telephone for voice 
> > communication while using the DSL for data transfer.
 
> This makes no sense.  All I can guess is that, either that phone has a 
> filter built it, or there is one on the line somewhere, otherwise you 
> would not be able to tolerate the interference.

not quite so fast -- some of my phones give the DSL 'hiss' without
filtering, and others do not (or it's nearly cut off by the phone itself).  
Naturally, I _have_ installed the filter - in one centralized spot as I
wrote.

 - John Mills
   john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu