[ale] OT: dropped the land line and going naked DSL

[Benjie]

There is an RJ-45 jack inside the NID to allow for this test.  It
shouldn't be a problem.

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:09 AM, David Ritchie <deritchie at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:01 AM, briarpatch <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I can't plug into the NID unless I can also plug into the wall and
>> that would be difficult. As for dropping, my DSL modem has a blinking
>> DSL light when I can't connect. The modem can be pinged and responds
>> when this is going on. And no, it's not getting dropped on my desktop.
>> Everything worked fine for the last year and a half. Then I had my
>> phone line shut down and I started having this problem the next day. I
>> don't think that's a coincidence.
>>
>
>
> The Motorola DSL modem (if that is one you are using) is defaulted to being
> online "on Demand". Also, the recommendation to cable in temporarily at
> the demarc (i.e. the grey box on the side of the house) to see if the
> problem occurs
> there is a good one - otherwise, the phone company will point at the
> phone wiring
> and say it is your problem (unless you are on their wire maintenance plan,
> which is a real cash cow for the RBOC's because generally nothing happens
> to internal house wiring..)
>
> -- Dave
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