William H. Magill on 20 Dec 2004 17:31:24 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] DSL splitter locating (was VOip)


On 16 Dec, 2004, at 07:32, Dan Widyono wrote:
Is there a difference between one of these "whole house splitters" and just
putting one of the supplied (by the DSL provider) splitters at the head, like
Doug mentioned? Doug's setup is what I did from the get-go.

The "whole house splitters" typically have screw terminals for wires to be attached to, and are designed to "fit" in the demark... i.e. weatherproof.


The "dongels" (micro-filters) expect RJ45s, and are expecting "inside" usage.

The main difference is apparently related to the quality (and extent) of your in-house wiring. With a splitter, you avoid the in-house wiring.

One source of info is:

http://www.excelsus-tech.com   (z-blocker is one of their product lines)

Here's a discussion of the two from another vendor:

http://support.iglou.com/fom-serve/cache/499.html


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