[Gllug] ADSL on BT phone wires

[Russell Howe]

On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 09:03:29AM +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> Hello,
>    The standard BT phone line carries DC volts, and the A and B legs of the
> pair should be connected the correct way round at the BT termination.

Yes, although I failed to find a definitive guide on how to determine
which wire was A and which wire was B (in the case that you decide to
irritate BT by wiring your own master socket).

>    I am very suspicious about further information given to me, so can anyone
> please confirm or rubbish the following:
> 
>    I have been told that ADSL is phase sensitive

I don't know either, but it seemed to work both ways when I tried it
recently. Documents I found suggested that polarity no longer mattered,
but I didn't consider them to be authoritative enough to be sure.

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