<div dir="ltr">As Derek said lines should be around +/- 48VDC on hook. Under load (off hook) Typically under +/- 10V DC and Ring 90-110VAC<div><br><div>Quick dirty by all means not a comprehensive lesson on DSL: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_subscriber_line">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_subscriber_line</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Quick dirty by all means not a comprehensive troubleshooting of DSL.<br></div><div><br></div><div>1, Get an extension cord and plug the modem in to the NID (<a href="http://www.dslreports.com/faq/16236">http://www.dslreports.com/faq/16236</a>) Using a phone cord under 6ft in length or with the manufacturer provided cable. Some folks really like the 100ft dollar store cords, if you find this trash it, move the modem.</div>
<div>If the modem works here then the service is good. If it doesn't work here call the telco.</div><div>2. Make sure every answering machine, phone, medical alert device, house arrest ankle tracker box, water meter box, alarm system has a filter. Some techs will install a hole house filter in the NID or next to the NID ( a similar looking grey box, but smaller, with a wire to/from the NID) With these in place only one jack will work. </div>
<div>3. Make sure if there is 2 ports on the filter that all devices are in the "phone" side. Make sure the modem is not filtered.</div><div>4. If all filtering is proper and you can't get it to work on any existing jack run your own cable from the NID (cat3 or better)</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Derek Trotter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:expat.arizonan@gmail.com" target="_blank">expat.arizonan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Comic Sans MS">All a meter will tell you is the voltage
on the line. That's around 48 volts when the phone is on hook, 6
when the phone is off hook and 90 when it's ringing. The
multimeter won't tell you anything about the quality of the DSL
signal or anything about the DSLAM.<br>
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<div>On 07/01/2013 06:31 PM, Michael Havens
wrote:<br>
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</div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="im"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">I
was having a lady ask me about fixing her dsl. Now.... I'm told
that dsl sounds like static over a buttset; unfortunately,
perhaps that was a few years ago because when I test that on my
dsl line I hear nothing. So I need to ask, how does one test dsl
with a multimeter?</span><br clear="all">
<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
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