[SEL] O.T. Computer Problems

[Robert L. Holtzer]

Quite a while back I had "modem trouble".  Turned out to be the extension 
phone in the bedroom.  Modem worked fine after the phone was 
disconnected!  Of course, I had to have the phone company out to tell me 
their line was OK!

Bob Holtzer

At 07:36 AM 7/7/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>CAT 5 is "category 5" cable, it's the level of quality, put simply.
>There are a certain number of twists in certain pairs of wires within the
>cable, in short.
>Could get the full specs, but that's not needed here.
>Phone cable is low-quality cable, made for voice only, static doesn't
>matter.
>Categories 3 on up improve the cable quality, thus reducing noise and
>interference and allowing higher frequencies to traverse the cable with less
>interference.
>There's a bit more to it, but again, not needed here.
>I mis-spelled, I suspect. D mark is the point outside your house (usually
>outside) where the phone cable owned cable from the outside joins the house
>cable that you own and are responsible for - it's the point where their
>wires and your wires connect, typically on the side of the house, usually
>outside.
>If you run a clean, good cable from that point to the computer, you really
>reduce the possibility of problems. There are so many splices and break
>points in the phone wiring in a house, and they use the cheapest cable
>possible, again, they wire and guarantee it for voice only. They really
>don't have to make it any better than that.
>I do a "home run" (one cable, no breaks, no splices, straightest route) from
>the point of the phone company cable to my computer. I had to to remove
>interference and static. A modem WILL hang up or disconnect if there is poor
>signal quality - i.e.. Static, cross-talk, etc. This also allows the highest
>possible speeds - modems "negotiate" speeds - they start high, then keep
>dropping speed until they get to a point that communications are good. A bad
>cable can mean a 56K modem will connect at only 28.8 or LESS. A good cable
>can improve that, ASSUMING all else in the line is good........
>The phone lines in West Des Moines where Barbara's store is are so bad that
>a computer/fax which SHOULD send and receive at 14.4 can only connect at
>7200 - THAT is SLOW for a FAX.
>DSL is even slow there!
>
>Bill
>
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>In a message dated 7/6/2004 11:07:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>bill at antique-engines.com writes:
>
><< I went to a brand new internal
>  modem and ran CAT5 cable from the demark to the back of the computer. >>
>
>Bill,
>
>You computer gru's keep on talking so an illiterate like me can learn.  What
>
>is a CAT5 cable and denmark?  Is this something that can help connection
>speeds to a phone line?
>
>Tom Schmutz
>Concord, Va. USA
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