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Ambiguous message on checker

Broadband finally came to our exchange. Good news but, when I check my number it gets a fail. But then it says:

"Our records indicate that a line-sharing device is connected to your line. This is the reason that the checker has returned this marginal result and may mean that Broadband could not be delivered on this line"

The above is a bit ambiguous to say the least.

I have an ISDN line but that's not the line I tested, I used the other line to the house. Next door only has one standard line and that produces the same line share message. The house not 50 metres away passes although only for a 512 service.

Does anybody know if it's possible to get BT to bypass this line sharing device or if there is any way forward from this position.

Thanks

Ian Boys :crap:
 
It sounds like you and your neighbour share one physical line that is split electronicaly into two lines using a DACS box.
A DACS line cannot give a dial-up speed of much over 28kps and cannot be converted to ADSL or ISDN.
I suggest you ask the neighbour on the other side of you to try their line on the ADSL checker and see if that passes, if it does then it is the ISDN line that that you would get converted; at which point you would'nt need the DACS'd line anymore so you could get it disconnected.
I dont beleive it is possible to test an ISDN line for ADSL use without removing the ISDN service first however if an ASDL service upgrade is attempted and fails them the ISDN should be re-installed without further charge.
One other thing to be aware of; some estates built during the 80's used aluminuim cable instead of copper; BT deny this but their engineers will tell you it's true; alu cable isnt as good a conductor as copper and adsl doesnt work very well, if at all, on it.
 
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