crackling on land line
Hi all
Over the last few days I have recently developed a variable crackling on my landline telephones which when bad drowns out conversation and disables my broadband.
The landline comes in upstairs and is connected to the ground floor by a very old and largely inaccessible cable. Downstairs I have 2 sockets with a number of devices attached via splitters including a broadband hub.
The upstairs phone where the landline comes in has no crackle. Here's the crazy bit: when I pick up the upstairs phone, the crackle on all other phones immediately disappears, and broadband comes back to life.
I have disconnected every device upstairs and down (except the sockets themselves) and whichever splitter and phone I plug in downstairs the crackle is there.
This must make sense to an expert. It makes no sense to me!
Any advice would be gratefully received. Best wishes
Stephen
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