local store with ADSL filters, cheap?

[John Moniz]

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.
>
>Does anyone know a good place to buy filters?  I would prefer to pick
>them up now rather than order them (I don't want to pay for delivery
>and I don't want to wait).  Very few places seem to sell filters.
>
Have you dropped in to a Bell World store? If you're a Sympatico 
subscriber, they are liable to let you have a few extra filters for 
free. I have done it that way in the past, but not sure if they still do it.
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