adsl enabled extension cable

Hi a friend of mine is having problems with their talk talk adsl and phoned
up the helpline. After going through a load of settings etc she was told
that her 15 metre extension cord had worn out and that she should get an
ADSL enabled extension cord.

Ron

On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 11:41:00 UTC, "Jackie" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> Hi a friend of mine is having problems with their talk talk adsl and phoned
> up the helpline. After going through a load of settings etc she was told
> that her 15 metre extension cord had worn out and that she should get an
> ADSL enabled extension cord.

They don't usually 'wear out'! It *might* be causing teh problem, but
TalkTalk will say anything to get people off the line.

Get her to move the PC close to the phone socket, temporarily, and use a
short cable (one probably came from Talk Talk). If it still fails, she
can phone up and shout at them.
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"Jackie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi a friend of mine is having problems with their talk talk adsl and
> phoned up the helpline. After going through a load of settings etc she was
> told that her 15 metre extension cord had worn out and that she should get
> an ADSL enabled extension cord.
>
> Ron


Well I suggest she does just that, I don't know about the existing cable
being worn out, but if it's the usual flat cable then it will be susceptible
to electrical interfearance. Of course this may still be a bum steer from
talk talk.

I've just bought a double screened cable from homebase of all places, this
has enabled my modem to sync at 5.6meg instead of 4.5meg previously. These
unfortunately are only in 3m & I believe 5m lengths.

Fred

On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:41:00 GMT, Jackie wrote:

> Hi a friend of mine is having problems with their talk talk adsl and phoned
> up the helpline. After going through a load of settings etc she was told
> that her 15 metre extension cord had worn out and that she should get an
> ADSL enabled extension cord.
>
> Ron

I use about 100 meters of twisted pair CAT5 network cable.. works a charm.