On Sun, 09 May 2004 00:37, John Hasler wrote: > cr writes: > > And it persists even when I disconnect all the house wiring and hook my > > phone / modem direct to the incoming line. > > That pretty well proves that it's in their system. > > > For me, the clincher was when the phone company tech came to check, went > > out to the junction box in the street, disconnected the line from the > > exchange - crackle stopped - and reconnected it - crackle restarted. > > That doesn't prove anything. There is no loop current when the line is > unplugged.
Ah. So it is actually possible (I'm not saying 'probable' :) that there is a fault between the street and the incoming junction box in my house, which is only apparent when powered up? Amazing what I learn on deb-user! <g> cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
