Cat Daddy
02-23-2000, 08:56 PM
Will having a long (about 50')telephone line for my net connection slow down my connection speed?
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RobRich
02-23-2000, 09:10 PM
If you use a quality wire, then probably not. You might need something a little heavier than whats offered for standard phoce communications if you want to play it safe. You can drop by Radio Shack and buy there extremely heavy style 50' telephone line for around $10 US if your suffering any connect issues. Whatever line you choose, make sure to keep it way from electrical noise sources as much as possible, plus roll the excess into a nice tight circle. That will help to cut radio interference somewhat.
Target
02-23-2000, 09:51 PM
Actually, yes it can and often does slow down your internet connection, but its because of the noise it picks up.
The heavier extenstion cable will help to a certain extent, but simply being heavier duty isn't necessarily enough. A cable with twisted pair wire, and/or shielding is the way to go. Probably the best thing you could do is to buy a phone extension cable that is CAT 5 rated. Radio Shack might even have them. Or, you could buy a CAT 5 network cable, and replace the RJ45 ends with RJ11 ends and use it with your modem/phone jack.
Keep in mind though, that if you have noise on your phone line, it could come at any point between your modem and the phone company. Simply buying a high quality extension cord may not eliminate the noise that causes you slow connections and so on.
[This message has been edited by Target (edited 02-23-2000).]
The heavier extenstion cable will help to a certain extent, but simply being heavier duty isn't necessarily enough. A cable with twisted pair wire, and/or shielding is the way to go. Probably the best thing you could do is to buy a phone extension cable that is CAT 5 rated. Radio Shack might even have them. Or, you could buy a CAT 5 network cable, and replace the RJ45 ends with RJ11 ends and use it with your modem/phone jack.
Keep in mind though, that if you have noise on your phone line, it could come at any point between your modem and the phone company. Simply buying a high quality extension cord may not eliminate the noise that causes you slow connections and so on.
[This message has been edited by Target (edited 02-23-2000).]
RobRich
02-23-2000, 09:59 PM
The cat 5 idea isn't a bad one, esp. for extremely long runs where line noise is a prob. The network admin. at my college was having serious FM "bleed-over" from a nearby radio station and couldn't find anything to fix it, until we told him to rewire his whole house with a shielded cable, and now he gets nice clean ~50kbps connects. I still only recommend using it in extremely bad situations where line noise can easily be introduced.
Another good solution is to run the cable in a conduit if possible. While this might no be applicable in a residential enviroment, it does work. I've used this trick quite often when working with networks that have to run through areas of dense electrical interference, like factories and wharehouses.
[This message has been edited by RobRich (edited 02-23-2000).]
Another good solution is to run the cable in a conduit if possible. While this might no be applicable in a residential enviroment, it does work. I've used this trick quite often when working with networks that have to run through areas of dense electrical interference, like factories and wharehouses.
[This message has been edited by RobRich (edited 02-23-2000).]
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