Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:13:25 +0000, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:47:33 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:

A broadband connection can transfer more than one type of data at the same
time, and at high speed, so you can have internet access and phone on one
line."
but which came to be associated by the technically illiterate as 'fast' - so
much so that the term 'Broadband' was formally redefined as meaning 'above a
certain transmission speed' (0.5Mb/sec?).
My broadband via a BT phone line was operating at 160kbps download (yes,
0.16 Mb) and 448kbps upload a few days ago. It is running much faster
since BT replaced the tree-damaged overhead cable between my house and
the roadside pole.

I forgot to mention the most technically interesting bit. The overhead
cable had had the insulation rubbed off it leaving some of the
conductors in contact with part of a tree. There were times when I could
establish a broadband connection only by making a phone call (to
anywhere). I can only assume that this altered the voltage and current
involving the conductors and the damp tree in a way that made conditions
more favourable for ADSL.

The broadband connection was maintained during the phone call and for a
minute or two after.

Spooky!



Couldn't you have fixed it yourself?

Here's a couple of suggestions:

http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress...3157526434.jpg

http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress...lectricity.jpg


Terry

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:00:30 +0000, Terry Casey
wrote:

Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:13:25 +0000, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:47:33 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:

A broadband connection can transfer more than one type of data at the same
time, and at high speed, so you can have internet access and phone on one
line."
but which came to be associated by the technically illiterate as 'fast' - so
much so that the term 'Broadband' was formally redefined as meaning 'above a
certain transmission speed' (0.5Mb/sec?).
My broadband via a BT phone line was operating at 160kbps download (yes,
0.16 Mb) and 448kbps upload a few days ago. It is running much faster
since BT replaced the tree-damaged overhead cable between my house and
the roadside pole.

I forgot to mention the most technically interesting bit. The overhead
cable had had the insulation rubbed off it leaving some of the
conductors in contact with part of a tree. There were times when I could
establish a broadband connection only by making a phone call (to
anywhere). I can only assume that this altered the voltage and current
involving the conductors and the damp tree in a way that made conditions
more favourable for ADSL.

The broadband connection was maintained during the phone call and for a
minute or two after.

Spooky!



Couldn't you have fixed it yourself?

The damaged part of the cable was inaccessible to me. It runs diagonally
across my neighbour's heavily "forested" front garden. My and my
neighbours' houses have large front and back gardens. We are not
opulent. The builder bought a field intending to build 12 to 15 houses
with an access road. The planners said "six houses only" so we have
average houses with much much larger than average gardens. The house
next door with the offending trees is for sale. Here is the estate
agent's photo from the back garden. The two trees visible over the roof
are in the front garden. There are half a dozen others that are lower.
http://app2.propertynews.com/images/large/40624835.jpg

Here's a couple of suggestions:

http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress...3157526434.jpg

http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress...lectricity.jpg

I'll remember those techniques for the future.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)