do i need dsl filter for every phone line, or just for phones that are connected?

aolj

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It's only for the lines where your phones are connected. Don't put one on the line where your dsl is running on.
 

Viper GTS

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Anything that has a device connected needs to be filtered (with the obvious exception of the DSL device).

Phone, fax, modem, tivo, etc.

Viper GTS
 

thomsbrain

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if you have another phone line without DSL i'm guessing those phones don't need it. but it wouldn't hurt anything to put them on anyway.
 

TheToOTaLL

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Originally posted by: ^aolj^
It's only for the lines where your phones are connected. Don't put one on the line where your dsl is running on.

BTW, why didn't you get cable? :confused: :(
 

oniq

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Originally posted by: TheToOTaLL
Originally posted by: ^aolj^
It's only for the lines where your phones are connected. Don't put one on the line where your dsl is running on.

BTW, why didn't you get cable? :confused: :(

Because cable sucks?
 

GeekDrew

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Originally posted by: oniq
Originally posted by: TheToOTaLL
Originally posted by: ^aolj^ It's only for the lines where your phones are connected. Don't put one on the line where your dsl is running on.
BTW, why didn't you get cable? :confused: :(
Because cable sucks?

I beg to differ. I've had Insight-RoadRunner for a year and a half... and ordered SBC Yahoo DSL a couple of weeks ago. It is basically a bunch of crap... while the "HomePortal" shows the connection speed at exactly what I'm guaranteed, I'm not actually getting that from places that I *know* have more than enough bandwidth to be running at that speed. Not to mention having to install their software on at least one machine to configure the connection.

I hadn't removed RR yet, so I just plugged it back in... now to break the SBC contract :-/