Telecom who quite happily informed us that the reason it wouldn't connect at a decent speed was that the homeowner was on "Size Core" lines instead of normal phone lines, due to being so remote.
Its probably in extended version of the old 2-in-one telecom line multiplexer. These old multiplexers, which are still in use in many places, (including
It's manufactured by a company called Seiscor (or something like that). Whereas the 1+1 equipment adds a single extra circuit at a higher frequency, on top of an existing phone line circuit a bit like ADSL does. The Seiscor equipment puts 8 phone lines over a single copper pair. It doesn't carry a normal circuit and all 8 channels are carried stacked up at higher frequencies and converted to phone lines usually in a roadside cabinet. Either way the frequency performance of the lines is pretty well restricted to 3 kHz or so. Best of luck getting a line... Mike (Ex Telecom employee..... one of many ....) -- --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog