[Lancaster] Re: Broadband Problems

[Martyn Welch]

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On Friday 23 September 2005 22:09, Ken Hough wrote:

> The local wiring in my house was loosing me approx 3db. The biggest
> local loss (around 6db) was caused by the modem surge suppressor which
> is part of a Belkin mains socket block. It worked OK with a standard
> modem, but is obviously not OK for ADSL.
>

I was wondering what effect those things had on the signal. Probably not so 
much a problem with anlogue voice - not compressed much. Obviously a little 
more problematic for digital comms. Newer ones might be different of course.

Martyn

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Martyn Welch (welchm at comp.lancs.ac.uk)

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