On 16 Apr 2003 at 0:08, Glo wrote: > KC, ok here goes: the DSL lady told me that inside the telephone jacks > are four wires that need to be "turned" in order to make the DSL work, > as opposed to just telephone (at least I think that's what she said!) > She said this is something I could possibly do myself to save the $99 > installation fee, which could be the difference in whether or not I get > it. Do you know anything about that, or is there a website that might > illustrate the procedure? Say what?! Never heard of anything like that before. With my DSL I just plugged the modem and phone into the spltter and plugged the splitter into the wall jack. Oh yeah, there was also a 'filter' that had to be clamped onto the cord running to the phone. And that was it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil that good may come of it" ...William Penn, 1683 Grant Karpik gkarpik@xxxxxxxxx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk