[Gllug] frying bacon

[Dylan]

On Friday 03 April 2009, Alain Williams wrote:
> For some time now I hear a sound of someone frying bacon in the background
> of all my phone calls ... makes conversations sometimes hard.
>
> Plugging/unplugging things I find that if my broadband modem (d-link
> ds-604+) is unplugged/switched-off the cooking stops. This is on a BT phone
> system. Changing the 'phone makes no difference.
>
> What is likely to be the culprit:
>
> * broadband filter

That's likely the miscreant, although there *may* be a problem in the cable 
from the filter to the modem (trapped somewhere, or kinked up causing a 
slight short.)

In such cases I usually let suspicion fall on the cheapest component first. 
The microfilters which are integreated into the phone socket (giving 2 
sockets - ADSL and phone line) have shown themselves to be more reliable for 
me and the friends who have them - YMMV, of course!!

Dx


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