I have had that exact problem (I posted on that thread as well).

I had an old panasonic cordless phone which we replaced with a new one based on advice from someone (can't remember now) and the situation has certainly improved. However, it is far from perfect. Most calls are fine, but if the caller speaks a bit quietly or has a slightly quiet phone, it gets very hard to hear.

I don't actually have a standard land line to test whether it is the cordless or the line, but I suspect that the cordless exaggerates situations where there is a line level problem.

Gordon, do you have a standard corded phone to test this with?

Sam.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org]On
Behalf Of Gordon Paynter
Sent: Friday, 20 February 2004 1:44 PM
To: adsl@lists.unixathome.org
Subject: What to do about very quiet voice line?

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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