03-08-2009, 08:34 PM
1) Yeah, it is weird that the DSL works but voice does not -- basically get no dial tone on the dead jack, but DSL does work... it may not be getting best possible speeds though. I could do what space-time is suggesting with a cordless, but I'd also like to have an answering machine hooked up to the line (I don't care for my phone company's voicemail option).
2) Yes, it is the typical modern DSL, with filters on each jack, etc. The wiring-- no idea how old it is, but I did find it weird that someone had sliced the wire that went to the dead jack. (That's what I reconnected in order to get it at least partially working again-- for awhile, the voice AND DSL had been working on the dead jack, but now it's only the DSL that works.) The physical wires seem VERY brittle. It's a thick four/six-component wire, red/green/yellow/black/white/blue, of which the RGYK are getting used.
Not sure if that all makes sense now... hopefully it does.
2) Yes, it is the typical modern DSL, with filters on each jack, etc. The wiring-- no idea how old it is, but I did find it weird that someone had sliced the wire that went to the dead jack. (That's what I reconnected in order to get it at least partially working again-- for awhile, the voice AND DSL had been working on the dead jack, but now it's only the DSL that works.) The physical wires seem VERY brittle. It's a thick four/six-component wire, red/green/yellow/black/white/blue, of which the RGYK are getting used.
Not sure if that all makes sense now... hopefully it does.