How the heck can a phone wire that isn't moved go bad?

[Squisher]

Daughter says, "no internet," when I got home today.

Connected to router, no problem. Connected to DSL modem, no problem. Tried to connect to internet, no connection.

I went to call SBC, no dial tone. wtf All the other phones work.

I traced it back to the phone line buried in the wall that I installed 6 months ago.

How the heck can a phone line (about 12' long) buried in a wall go bad? All those heat cycles, hardy, har, har, har.

 

[Rapidskies]

It was bad when you put it in.

 

[Zolty]

Thermal expansion and a crappy phone connection.

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: Rapidskies
It was bad when you put it in.

But, it worked for 6 months.

What kind of thermal load is there in a phone line to slowly over six months finally work its way through a solid core wire? What is in a phone line maybe 15 volts at some milli-amp of flow?

I can't say how many phone lines I've installed, maybe 30, but I've never had one go bad and I've never heard of anyone ever complain that one went bad that wasn't flexed.

 

[deftron]

oxidation

rat bite


....many things

 

[huberm]

mice

 

[FoBoT]

i had one go out that was stapled to the outside of our house once

 

[Malak]

vonage ftw

 

[Injury]

corosion, loose connection that finally fell out when someone kicked the wall...

 

[AMCRambler]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i had one go out that was stapled to the outside of our house once

Good point. If you've got the wire stapled to a wall or secured in anyway, that's putting pressure at one point on the cable. Just as good as kinking it.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Oxidation to the point of failure.

 

[amdforever2]

Sounds like the EPS conduit just wore out. I'd reroute through the impulse engines....

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: amdforever2
Sounds like the EPS conduit just wore out. I'd reroute through the impulse engines....

Impulse engines offline keptain!

 

[DnetMHZ]

gremlins