[alicez]

My Verizon technician saw that I had a regular telephone extension cord going from my wall jack to my modem/router. He said I should use a "DSL extension cord" to connect my modem/router to the wall jack.
I've searched the Interent but cannot find any place to purchase a DSL extension cord.
Was that the right name he gave me or am I looking in the wrong place?
Can anyone help please?

[etaf]

moved to networking
have a read here
http://forums.techguy.org/networking...hort-need.html

[cwwozniak]

Maybe a Belkin High Speed Internet Modem cable is what you are looking for:

http://www.belkin.com/search/?q=High...sid=1&x=16&y=4

It may be a bit of overkill since is sounds like it is much better than the telephone cable inside your walls or the telephone line running to your house.

[JohnWill]

Actually, the wiring inside the walls should be twisted pair, which is what is required. The problem here is when you use a flat telephone cable for a DSL modem, you invite noise issues and poor reliability. All a "DSL Cable" or "High Speed Internet Modem Cable" is would be a twisted pair cable instead of a flat cable.

[alicez]

JohnWill said: "All a "DSL Cable" or "High Speed Internet Modem Cable" is would be a twisted pair cable instead of a flat cable."

Then I should not buy the High Speed Internet Modem Cable to replace the 'regular' telephone wire I am now using?
I've read"
"The High-Speed Internet Modem Cable from Belkin lets you transmit data 10 times faster than a normal telephone cable."

[JohnWill]

Either of those cables would be the same thing, and far better than using standard flat phone cable for a DSL modem.

[alicez]

Thank you.
We think we will purchase the: "High-Speed Internet Modem Cable, 25 feet"

Somewhere I read that a 25 foot cable would not be effective. Is that true? Or would it be okay to use, rather than the 25 foot telephone wire we are now using?
(When our DSL was originally installed two years ago, Verizon repairman said it did not matter that the telephone wire was 25 feet. And so I hope I can use a 25 foot High Speed Internet Cable.)

[Frank4d]

The 25 foot twisted pair "High Speed Internet Modem Cable" will be fine.

[JohnWill]

The wiring from the Telco CO is longer than 25 feet, and it works fine.

[alicez]

Johnwill


What is:

"The wiring from the Telco CO is longer than 25 feet, and it works fine"?

and where might I buy it?

[Frank4d]

No need to do anything. John was just pointing out that the wiring between the telephone central office (where your DSL originates) and your home is at least several hundreds or thousands of feet. So adding another 25 feet will have no effect.