local store with ADSL filters, cheap?

[Jason Shein]

On Saturday 25 March 2006 14:27, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> I'm setting up Sympatico ADSL in a house with a lot of phones.  For
> each phone you need to place a filter between the phone and the jack.
> Sympatico includes four filters in the kit.
>
> I need a few extra filters.  The ADSL modem has to be turned off if
> the unfiltered phones are to be used -- otherwise (a) there is a
> screach on the phone and (b) the internet connection gets dropped).
> Even if an unfiltered phone isn't being used ("off hook"), it
> supposedly reduces the achievable ADSL bandwidth.
>
> The Sympatico person could not order extra filters for me because my
> account was in some transition state that the ordering system didn't
> like.  When I do order them, they will cost 7.95 each plus shipping
> and handling (I think).  The delay would be annoying.

Call Bell after the next thunderstorm and tell them that you require new ones 
due to a localised lightning strike. They will send new ones without 
problems.

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