said by xbell :

Being Halloween and all I guess the scariest thing in your house is your line.

said by dslrocker3 :

just out of curiosity, I mesed around with that extension cord today.

signal to noise ratio with no extension cord = 21.5 dB
signal to noise ratio with the usual extenion cord = 25.5dB
signal to noise ratio with a different extension cord = 23.0dB

Now, I'm not going to suggest that people start plugging extension cords into phone jacks to see if that improves DSL signal but there has to be something to this. I'm sure that all of the textbooks would say that my wiring is just plain wrong but hey, it works for me.

said by Bicephale :

On the horror scale, from least to most:

DSLRocker's
Mine
Oinktastic's

said by Groaner :

that was a real groaner
-1 for u

said by dslrocker3 :

Mauricio, keep in mind that my modem isn't actually plugged into the extension cord. it's just necessary for me to have the extension cord plugged in somewhere along the house's wiring.

said by Bicephale :

Since we've entered the domain of crazyness/scaryness i
gathered all the extension cords i could use and deployed
that antenna across the whole appartment. If i connect/
disconnect that thing to/from the LINE outlet of my POTS
Splitter this forces my SpeedTouch to renegociate and it
seems to gain bins with the parasitic item on-line!...

said by dslrocker3 :

Bicephale, are you joking or are you really being serious? More bins is a good thing!

said by Bicephale :

This tends to confirm what my SpeedStream told me long ago,
though: i do have a "Bridge Tap" outdoors, effectively.