Hi
Bezeq did this thing a long time ago to save on copper lines. Today there
should be no problem to convert such a line to a normal 2 pair line. You
just have to ask Bezeq.
The only exception might be in a very old house - and even there they should
be able to do that - but it might take some time...
You can find out if your line has the splitter by looking for it somewhere
outside or near the stairs - it's a gray box with a label saying RBM.
>From my experience, those splitters do affect modems, and a line with such a
splitter might not be able to connect at more than 19.2 or even 9600, but it
has to do other factors such as modem type, length of cable to the nearest
Bezeq PBX and other stuff like this...
Anyway, if it's a voice only analog line, it's not a problem (are there any
normal lines out there - or does everybody just chat on the 'Net ;-)
Arie
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From: David Shadmi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 16:47
To: Gavrie Philipson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Is Bezeq fooling us?
>From my experience, if you have 1+1 line, bezeq can convert it to a regular
line, it takes about 15 minutes.
David
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From: "Gavrie Philipson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: Is Bezeq fooling us?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 10:25 AM
> Subject: Is Bezeq fooling us?
>
>
> > I was recently checking the Surfree's forums and I saw an interesting
> > message called "Bezeq is fooling you" at the programming forums.
> >
> > It talks about bezeq spliting the phone lines to save money (ONE+ONE).
It
> > does not matter with voice but it is a mess when you try to pass data
with
> > those phones. That is the reason why in some houses the internet is
ALWAYS
> > so slow. It has nothing to dowith isp or modem or computer... just
bezeq.
> I
> > cannot post it since it's hebrew sicnce I dont think most of you could
> read
> > it
>
> This is *old*. Bezeq has been doing this for ages. It is also based on a
> misunderstanding.
>
> In fact, when you use a phone line, you just use 3.1kHz of bandwidth. This
> is all that's needed for voice, and for regular modems. Even a 56k modem
> squeezes everything into this 3.1kHz of bandwidth.
> Therefore, if Bezeq uses a splitter, you can pass 2 or more phone calls
over
> one physical pair of wires -- every channel gets its own 3.1kHz.
> For modem communications, this doesn't hurt you, and is completely
> transparent.
>
> ADSL, OTOH, won't work with this, as the whole point of ADSL is to use the
> rest of the bandwidth of the copper wire.
> If you get low modem connection speeds (check the modem's "carrier"
message
> after the connect), it is ususally because you pass several "merkaziyot"
on
> the way.
>
> Gavrie.
>
>
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