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I was wondering why my DL speeds went from 150 kB/s to about 30 kB/s

I've been working on the home and temporarily twisted the phone lines to get them working. I undid the twist and tied them properly. Back to 150 kB/s

Thankl you for your cookies.

ME
 
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Originally posted by: DurocShark
A cookie for fixing something you broke yourself?

No.

But you can have a :beer:.

Hehehehe ... it was working fine for about a week with the hack. It just dropped off to crap yesterday.

FINE ... Beer it is.
 

mugs

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Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
How would twisting make a difference in non-optical cable?

Interference I guess

That's why twisted pair cable exists.
 

drinkmorejava

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it's interference due to inductance. I'm curious how much twisting he means though, because one twist isn't going to do jack.