I figured this would be the best place since it doesn't really fit anywhere else, but I'm looking for someone with knowledge/experience of good old POTS phone lines. Spectrum has been down at my house in SC since Helene hit, and so far they haven't been able to give us any timetable as to when it will return. As much as I hate to do it I'm considering signing up with AT&T DSL for right now until things are back up and running.
We have never had DSL at this house when we've lived there, but we do have an old telephone interface box on the outside. Is there any way I can "test" it to see if the line running from the street to that box is good? I'm betting it was cut years ago when they buried the new cable line because I remember the cable guy saying something about running into it. I need to know whether it is good or not before I contact AT&T to set up service.
We have never had DSL at this house when we've lived there, but we do have an old telephone interface box on the outside. Is there any way I can "test" it to see if the line running from the street to that box is good? I'm betting it was cut years ago when they buried the new cable line because I remember the cable guy saying something about running into it. I need to know whether it is good or not before I contact AT&T to set up service.
