Phone line static influencing DSL quality

[James Knott]

Byron L. Sonne wrote:

> For problematic devices that were causing interference (not just
> 60/120Hz hum, though that was the most common), often times we'd swap in
> a new power cable that had the ground lifted (i.e. we did it on the
> cheap and just sawed the grounding prong off!). Doing that solved more
> problems than I thought it should, so I'd be interested to know if that
> helps out your situation.

That is a violation of electrical codes and sufficient to void your fire
insurance, not to mention potentially lethal.  Don't *EVER* do that!!!


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