On 14/05/2011 09:26, John Weston wrote:
> In article<xwizp.5947$%o4.2047@newsfe16.ams2>, blu@green.com says...
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>> Even though I'm using a Virgin Media cable connection ?
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> It's use has nothing to do with how broadband is delivered to you. The
> ADSL filter suggested contains a ring capacitor to provide the ring
> signal on pin 3. He could have suggested a beter solution of using a
> PBX master socket but that would be harder to find and probably cost
> more.
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> I'm suprised that all the test phones you tried needed the pin-3 ringing
> signal but, it you have a filter, it's worth a try,
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ahh - OK. I'll certainly give this a try as I have a number of filters
left over from my days as an unhappy customer of BT.