extended BT points

I was about to activate ADSL on my BT line but suddenly I thought about a
potential complication. When BT installed my line, they basically
extended a pre-existing cable terminating at the BT point on the second
floor, supplying a telephone line to my landlady. My guess is that they
used the redundant wires in the original cable/socket to supply the
second line inside the house. IOW my line has nothing to do with the
first line, which explains why I get very fast 56K connections, and my
ADSL will not affect the first line in any way. If this is true I won't
have to interfere with the first BT point at all. I'll just have to
install a microfilter on the second BT point. Any ideas?

--
Michael Klontzas
Before enlightenment / chopping wood / carrying water
After enlightenment / chopping wood / carrying water
Zen Proverb

fast and 56k shouldn't be used in the same sentence


"John Rumm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Michael Klontzas wrote:
> > I was about to activate ADSL on my BT line but suddenly I thought about
a
> > potential complication. When BT installed my line, they basically
> > extended a pre-existing cable terminating at the BT point on the second
> > floor, supplying a telephone line to my landlady. My guess is that they
> > used the redundant wires in the original cable/socket to supply the
> > second line inside the house. IOW my line has nothing to do with the
> > first line, which explains why I get very fast 56K connections, and my
> > ADSL will not affect the first line in any way. If this is true I won't
> > have to interfere with the first BT point at all. I'll just have to
> > install a microfilter on the second BT point. Any ideas?
>
> BT will often run a multi pair cable up to a house (either via a
> overhead wire, or more often these days an underground cable) and
> terminate it at an external junction box. They then often cable the
> final bit from the junction box outside to the master socket inside with
> normal domestic three pair cable.
>
> Since each line only requires one pair of wires, it quite normal to have
> several lines share this final cable.
>
> So if that is what you are describing, then yes you are correct - ADSL
> on your line will have no effect on the other line even if it is carried
> on a different pair on the same cable.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> John.
>
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> fast and 56k shouldn't be used in the same sentence

It is compared to the speeds I sometimes get on my BT line, GSM is
often quicker {& I work for the company ;-( }
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