$10 DSL up and running

[Bill in NC]

Ordered Saturday, rec'd the kit (modem & filters) Wednesday, installed it myself today.

Slower compared to cable (tested about 650 vs. 4800 down for cable), but worth it for the nearly $40/month difference.

Tip: split the phone line at the box if you can.

I already had a second line wired, so I ran DSL on line 2 and put one filter on line 1 - installed in the outside box (your "Telephone Network Interface")

That way, there's no need to put separate DSL filters on every phone/fax/answering machine inside the house.

[sam ward]

interesting solution to DSL filtering. I'd like to know if the money savings outweigh the speed sacrifice in the long-term. Maybe something I'd consider.

[Jp!]

Use a splitter, not a filter. I located mine about 5 inches from where the twisted pair enter the premises.

http://www.homephonewiring.com/splt-nid.html

http://dsl-warehouse.com/product_info.ph...cts_id=117&language=1

[GGD]

A single DSL splitter is the way to go if possible. When I first got DSL back in 1999, PacBell (before it became SBC and then AT&T) used to send someone out to do the installation which included a very rugged DSL splitter installed by the demarcation box with a separate line to the DSL modem, and no per-jack filters needed. This was also back when they were new to all of this internet stuff, and were also giving out a single Static IP address as part of the basic DSL package. They eventually figured out that this was limiting how quickly they could get customers signed up, and came out with the per jack filters, PPPoE and self install kits.

I kept that IP and splitter setup until I moved and was too far for DSL, but I still have that splitter, and plan to use it if they ever offer DSL at my new location.

This is similar to what they installed.
http://www.hometech.com/techwire/dsl.html#CC-SPSH70SR1

[Seacrest]

Should we type more slooowwwly so's you can understand our posts? ;-)

[deckeda]

I'll have to look into this for my folks, who just got DSL. They were given 4 filters, which isn't nearly enough to satisfy my parents' phone fetish.

"Two phones in the bedroom? Why?"
"Well, that one doesn't do anything but ring ... the other one we don't like its ringer, and ..."
(smacks head against wall)

[Bill in NC]

Oops, I probably should have said splitter.

What I used (from the install kit) isn't much bigger than an in-line DSL filter, but has 2 output jacks - one labeled "DSL", and one labeled "phone"

I plugged line 1 into "phone" and line 2 into "DSL" in the outside box.

Another way (using the kit) would have been to disconnect line 1 in the box, hook the combined voice/DSL to line 2, and then split and filter at the inside phone jack where the DSL modem was installed (backfeeding voice to line 1 via an in-line filter)

If I have any issues I'll look into the pro splitters everybody linked - thanks!

My cable bill is now $8/month.

[cassie]

Does the use of a splitter affect download and upload speeds?

My mother has a charge card terminal in the home for her business. We have to go around disconnecting all the filters and the DSL modem in order for it to work. Would a splitter possibly help?

[Bill in NC]

Yes, have the phone company come out and install a DSL splitter.

Either as a separate box next to the TNI (see the above link), or inside the TNI on their side of the connection:

http://www.dsldepot.com/item.asp?id=235&desc=suttle-dsl-nid-splitter&referid=164168165

Then you can drop all the filters off the voice/fax/charge card terminal connections inside.