Hi all,

I have recently had ADSL installed, and everything seems to be working
fine, except that sometimes (most of the time, but not all the time) my
phone is very quiet. I cannot hear people calling me, though they can
hear me normally.

I have one phone on a DSE filter, and a DSE ADSL Modem/Router, using
JetStream Starter via Ihug. When the phone is quiet, switching off or
disconnecting the ADSL modem fixes the problem.

I see this problem was discussed last year on this forum
(http://www.unixathome.org/adsl/archives/2003_07/0057.html) and as in that
thread my phone is a Panasonic cordless. I'm not quite sure what to
conclude from that thread though.

1. Do I have to simply bite the bullet, and buy a new phone?

2. Will getting Telecom to come and install a splitter help?

3. Can I just get a better filter? I've read on an Australian forum
(http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=135098) that the right
filter might sort the problem out, if I happened to live over there.

4. The guy at Dick Smith suggested it might be a faulty filter, and that
exchanging it for another might work. Given this has been reported before
though, I tend to doubt it.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Gordon

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