Deloptes  wrote:
> Chris Green wrote:
>
> > Yes, but since the last mile or two is still copper the explanation I
> > gave for how you can have no telephone service but have an internet
> > connection still stands.  A break in the 'last mile or so' of copper
> > will produce those symptoms.
>
> why - this is only one cable that carries both signals - the fact internet
> works, means the cable is OK. Why the other does not work, is to be
> identified by the operator.

No!  That's the whole point.  The POTS phone doesn't work if the cable
has a break but the signal used by the internet connection is a fairly
high frequency and the wires act as aerials and the connection will
still work.  I have actually experienced this myself, the POTS phone
didn't work but we still had a (rather slow) internet connection.

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Chris Green
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