Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf!urlichs From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Noisy phone lines Message-ID: Date: 21 Nov 90 21:37:08 GMT References: <1990Nov20.131818.28875@hayes.ims.alaska.edu> <1990Nov21.140128.28529@hayes.ims.alaska.edu> Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG Lines: 18 In comp.dcom.modems, article <1990Nov21.140128.28529@hayes.ims.alaska.edu>, floyd@hayes.ims.alaska.edu (Floyd Davidson) writes: < < With that said I'll throw another one in on the subject of crosstalk < on modem lines. Consider the fact that every extention line run off < in a different direction from your demark point is *unterminated* when < the phone or modem at the end of it is on-hook. [...] < < Comments??? < Yes -- don't have extensions on modem lines. They are going to be wasting hours of your time when you try to find out why the carier gets dropped at irregular intervals, while people complain to your company's operator about the screeching noise on their phones. :-( -- Matthias Urlichs -- urlichs@smurf.sub.org -- urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de /(o\ Humboldtstrasse 7 - 7500 Karlsruhe 1 - FRG -- +49+721+621127(0700-2330) \o)/