Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!newsfeed0.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: aus.computers,aus.comms Subject: Re: crackly line Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 04:26:57 +1000 Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <55b26e34$0$1560$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net WsiFrs7rrBRWH/bhjf/eUw3nJPNhoibNcIIM8ABbu31LQOErw= Cancel-Lock: sha1:HLqewaWbwo09KICRUKE7Fq4oeyY= In-Reply-To: <55b26e34$0$1560$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: aioe.org aus.computers:47237 aus.comms:19905 "Clocky" wrote in message news:55b26e34$0$1560$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com... > On 24/07/2015 4:17 PM, Max wrote: >> I know someone with a crackly phone line and also a ADSL connection >> which drops out from time to time. >> >> What could be the cause? > I replaced my Billion ADSL modem with a Technicolor (ex-Bigpond users $5 > swap meet jobby) I replaced my Billion with a Netcomm from a garage sale, just because the Netcomm is a voip router that I have never actually gotten around to actually using the voip capability of. > and all my phone line noise disappeared I never had any phone line noise with the Billion. > and ADSL connection speed improved as a bonus. It did make a small difference to mine, but that was because the Billion is ADSL and the Netcomm is ADSL2+ and I changed to an ADSL2+ service from the previous ADSL service.