[Gllug] [slightly ot] ADSL config fun

[John Hearns]

On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 12:30, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Fri 20 Sep, Mark Lowes wrote:

>    I understand that one of the reasons why BT appear to have dragged their
> feet in the past was the requirement that any telephone should work in an
> emergency without any local power as long as the wires were still intact.
> This is still true with most analogue phones even if they are normally mains
> powered.
>    Many of the lines I worked on were just that, a chain of bits of wire
> joined together for a few days, often without line power or repeaters, so we
> had to supply our own line power and ringer supplies, and needed to shout if
> we were some distance from the other end. If we were very lucky there might
> be some spare capacity at the local exchange to give us a standard phone as
> well, but that cost a 1 year rental each time. We often had to search for
> the end of the cable, left in a convenient hedge or tree. We usually have
> our own PBX now, linked with a mobile phone unit, with the main output going
> by satellite because it is cheaper to set up each time.

OK. You've got us interested. Just what exactly were you up to? 
My guess territorial army - how far off am I?



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