checking the quality of a phone line
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checking the quality of a phone line
A client has a country pub with 2 phone lines into the property. Is there any way of checking the lines in advance to decide which is best for ADSL use. He's miles from the exchange so every little bit will help.
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12-04-2011, 15:43
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Re: checking the quality of a phone line
BT can do whoosh tests, but I've looked up on :Google: and apparently it seems only ISPs can request them. You could only try and call BT to ask?
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12-04-2011, 18:43
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Re: checking the quality of a phone line
"whoosh test" - Thanks for the terminology, gives me a starting point to google and research. I'd never come across that before.
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Re: checking the quality of a phone line
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13-04-2011, 07:34
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Re: checking the quality of a phone line
Some information here about what tests BT openreach can run but I don't know if you can ask them to do them before ordering
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/faq/se...technical.html
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Re: checking the quality of a phone line
Years ago I used a phone number that you call to test you phone line. you rang a number then hang up, then your phone would ring and this would tell you your line was ok.
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13-04-2011, 11:59
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Re: checking the quality of a phone line
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Originally Posted by Hom3r
Years ago I used a phone number that you call to test you phone line. you rang a number then hang up, then your phone would ring and this would tell you your line was ok.
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Yeah, that was the one I was trying to get from google, but I couldn't find it.
It was a number similar to 150.
---------- Post added at 11:59 ---------- Previous post was at 11:57 ----------
Ha! Found it!
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Connect a good telephone into your master socket and dial 17070
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Taken from HERE => http://www.anomalousaperture.com/200...-adsl-uk-only/
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12-05-2011, 12:42
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Re: checking the quality of a phone line
How many years ago did you use that function hom3r? 
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