bapu


Bub, 

Does it matter that the Telco says the line tests fine and the results indicate the problem is in the house wiring?

I know, it's probably their standard response.

Yeah, that's their standard answer. I can't remember a single time when someone called them and they told them it was in the house, and it actually was in the house. That was between the years of 1989 and 2010.

Mooch4056


ok Bapsi try this - 

Connect hub 3 to the laptop. Connect the land line to the Lovely Lady as she stands on one foot and hums a CHB song. Connect that wire to hub two. Connect hub two to the main computer. And the WEP thing. Run that line to the attic and connect it to hub 1. Shut on and off the circuit breaker. At this time its important that the Lovey Lady switch to humming a different CHB song. When she get half way through the song reboot the laptop into safe mode. Run over to the Lovley Lady and stomp your right foot 3 times and clap after beats. Then calmly walk over to your laptop and reboot out of safe mode and start up windows normally. 

I can't tell you how many times I have been through this and have gotton it to work!!

Pfft.


Dinnit werk.

yeah, sorry.  I thought about that after I wrote it, but oh well.  what do dogs know about spelling anyway? 
 
BTW - I used to be an alarm technician (similar to Herb's job) and I agree completely with Bub on this.  the phone co. will almost always tell you it's your fault when you call them.  and 99% of the it's on their end.  I guess that's a "stall" tactic or sumpin.

bapu

Bub


Hi Bapu,

With your phone On Hook you should read 40 ~ 50 Volts DC

I got 67 Volts DC at the demarc. WTH?

Somethings wrong - that's not divisible by 12!

Update: for the first time since this started I had an almost 10 minute outage. At about 6 minutes I called my ISP so they could test the line. They got an error that led them to a Verizon (my telco) circuit that has been reported as "bad" and is in process of being fixed.

Of course I want to believe this is the real problem and the circuit was "going bad" for three days now. If it is the problem, I hope that they get it fixed by 8:00 tomorrow morning so that we can run until 8:00 in the evening without one failure. Then I can cancel Friday's service call without any cost to me.

daryl1968


have you paid the bill?

DOH!!!!

bapu

Update: for the first time since this started I had an almost 10 minute outage. At about 6 minutes I called my ISP so they could test the line. They got an error that led them to a Verizon (my telco) circuit that has been reported as "bad" and is in process of being fixed.

Of course I want to believe this is the real problem and the circuit was "going bad" for three days now. If it is the problem, I hope that they get it fixed by 8:00 tomorrow morning so that we can run until 8:00 in the evening without one failure. Then I can cancel Friday's service call without any cost to me.

Sweet! :)

But how will they be able to repay you for all the posts time on the internet you lost?

bapu

craigb


But how will they be able to repay you for all the posts time on the internet you lost?

The Bouy Ltd. will do the collection for me. Sadly, I would see (a 12th of) a farthing for it.

Well, he has to make a little extra to donate to the Albino cause you know.  Can't say fairer than that.

It's a ruse by CW to save on disc space.

Tomorrow for the telco to come to the house.

The ISP says the telco is working on restoring my circuit (which we've all known has been blown for some time now).

Beagle
conexxions? 

All I want to do-ooo-ooo
Is get back to you-ooou-oou

If you arent aware already , the voltage is derived from huge banks of batteries located in the telephone central office that supply a negative 48 volts current limited however.

ring voltage was higher becuase the old mechanical bell type ringer required a higher voltage at the same current to operate it.

Also the higher voltage tended to be used as sealing current to overcome resistance from poor connections, splices, etc.

This voltage can bite you , just the 48 volts will shock, much less the higher ring voltage.

Old pay phones had like 125 volts DC  on the circuit .

Just created a test point at the router.

-49.8V DC on hook.
-9.8V DC off hook.

I would venture to say it's not a wiring issue in the house, roight?

bapu


Just created a test point at the router.

-49.8V DC on hook.
-9.8V DC off hook.

I would venture to say it's not a wiring issue in the house, roight?

that says your house wiring is good, what device is "off hook?" the fax?