On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:33:20 +0000, Liam McDermott
<theirishmole at gmail.com> wrote:
> this usually happens when the line is split between two houses.
>> This will also affect regular dialup, so if dialup is not getting
> above 40k then the line is probably split.
>> They don't like to tell you your line is split, so i also reccomend
> saying there is noise on the line.
>> (ballsed up that reply)
>
There are some regulations on how and whether they can split your
line. AFAIK they can only split your line if it's the only way you can
get a phone line. Don't really know if that can apply to new or
existing (split) lines. I only pick this up from my readings of the
Ireland Offline forum on http://www.boards.ie
Rory McCann
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