WTD: Telephone extension kit that is broadband compatible

anybody know where i can get a good quality DIY telephone extension kit from
(either online/shop)?
i need to know that will carry the full signal so i can use my ADSL modem in
a different room...
some of the ones i saw looked very flimsy, and probably will mean my adsl
signal is degraded....
tia for any advice
cheers


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"p smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bpu3sl$1qls7b$(E-Mail Removed)...
> anybody know where i can get a good quality DIY telephone extension kit
from
> (either online/shop)?
> i need to know that will carry the full signal so i can use my ADSL modem
in
> a different room...
> some of the ones i saw looked very flimsy, and probably will mean my adsl
> signal is degraded....
> tia for any advice
> cheers

If you are not talking hundreds of yards then telephone cable should be
fine. Consider how far the signal is coming from the exchange already.

You could of course wire it using CAT-5 Cable, available all sorts of
places . You'll need a wall socket and a krohn tool, and the clips are
bigger, 6mm or thereabouts.

Jc.

In article <bpu3sl$1qls7b$(E-Mail Removed)>, P smith wrote:
> anybody know where i can get a good quality DIY telephone extension kit from
> (either online/shop)?
> i need to know that will carry the full signal so i can use my ADSL modem in
> a different room...

B&Q, or any DIY shop.

It doesn't have to be special. Any old telephone wire will do.

Think about it. The signals, both baseband and ADSL, have travelled up to 3.5km
from your exchange, so another few yards is not going to make any difference.

Rod.

"Roderick Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <bpu3sl$1qls7b$(E-Mail Removed)>, P smith wrote:
> > anybody know where i can get a good quality DIY telephone extension kit
from
> > (either online/shop)?
> > i need to know that will carry the full signal so i can use my ADSL
modem in
> > a different room...


> B&Q, or any DIY shop.
>
> It doesn't have to be special. Any old telephone wire will do.
>
>WRONG!!!!!!
>
>Some of the "cheap" flimsy ones do not work for Broadband (for no apparent
reason)
>Just buy some telephone wire and a single "extention" socket and do your
own..
>Cable is colour coded and terminals are numbered.
>Blue/white stripes-----Terminal 2.
>Orange/white ----- Terminal 3.
>White/Blue stripes---- Terminal 5.

Only these 3 are needed in a normal line situation....
Same combination at the working socket end of course...

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:23:22 +0000, p smith wrote:

> anybody know where i can get a good quality DIY telephone extension kit
> from (either online/shop)?
> i need to know that will carry the full signal so i can use my ADSL modem
> in a different room...
> some of the ones i saw looked very flimsy, and probably will mean my adsl
> signal is degraded....
> tia for any advice
> cheers


Avoid any extention kits that use braided cable. use 'normal' solid
copper telephone wire with twisted pairs.

graham

"p smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bpu3sl$1qls7b$(E-Mail Removed)...
> anybody know where i can get a good quality DIY telephone extension kit
from
> (either online/shop)?
> i need to know that will carry the full signal so i can use my ADSL modem
in
> a different room...
> some of the ones i saw looked very flimsy, and probably will mean my adsl
> signal is degraded....

Cheap ones are probably as good as expensive ones in this respect. Do make
sure you keep the cable the recommended distance (at least 10cm from memory)
away from mains cables and other sources of interference such as cordless
phones though.

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Phil McKerracher
www.mckerracher.org