[geeks] News server access

[Ken Hansen]

I think new houses are wired for four phone lines (wire ran to every room),
then they don't have to rip the walls apart to add a second (or third or
fourth) phone line...

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "joshua d boyd" <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] News server access


> On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 08:10:51PM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
> > Neat hack - go out to the CPE box on the side of the house, split the
one
> > line feed, put the filter on one side of the split and re-connect all
your
> > phones. Then, take the other side of the splitter and plug it into a
> > second/third/whatever line and hook your DSL modem direct to that.
> >
> > 10 Minute project, esp. if your house is recent and you are already
wired
> > for dual-line pnones...
>
> Our phone wiring is much better now than it was when me moved in, but it
> still has a ways to go to be civilised.  We are wired for two phone lines,
> but we also have two phone lines.
>
> We ripped out an aweful lot of phone cruft, including a number of cable
> runs that were disconnected at both ends.  Blech.
>
> --
> Joshua D. Boyd
> http://www.cs.millersville.edu/~jdboyd/
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