marti
Color outside the lines
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join:2001-12-14
Houston, TX
clubs:
| Fix for ugly DSL filter hanging in middle of wall?
The phone-line plug in the kitchen came with a spot to hang a wall phone. For the past few months, the DSL filter is just hanging there in the middle of the wall, as the current phone is not on the wall, nor is the base unit "useable" with it on the wall. My DSL installation pack came with a filter for "install phone on the wall," but I have no idea where it is, or if I still have the device.
Is there a line RJ11 on one end and a female connector on the other that I can put on there. In other words, put a cord in wall, then connect the filter, then connect the phone? If such a connector exists, I can then hang a decorative textile or small wall quilt in the area to hide the plug.
Yes, I know I can purchase a filter for wall phone, but I am guessing that if the cord I want exists, it will cost a lot less.
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wayjac
Premium,MVM
join:2001-12-22
Indy | Call the dsl help line you may be able to convince the rep to ship a wall phone filter or a dual port microfilter to you free of any charges.
Or maybe I don't understand |
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marti
Color outside the lines
Premium,MVM
join:2001-12-14
Houston, TX
clubs:
| said by wayjac  :Call the dsl help line you may be able to convince the rep to ship a wall phone filter or a dual port microfilter to you free of any charges. Or maybe I don't understand You understood. I don't think AT&T is going to ship anything to me "free."
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nwrickert
sand groper
Premium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL | reply to marti
Best solution is to install a whole house filter (POTS filter, NID filter), and run a separate unfiltered line direct from the NID to your modem. |
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d_l
Barsoom
Premium,MVM
join:2002-12-08
Reno, NV
| reply to marti
If I understand what you are looking for, you could buy a phone line coupler (~$3-5 at Home Depot or WalMart) and plug a phone line into it.
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marti
Color outside the lines
Premium,MVM
join:2001-12-14
Houston, TX
clubs: | I do have a phone line coupler (I searched Google) and it just plugs into wall, and the DSL filter will still hang in middle of the wall).
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d_l
Barsoom
Premium,MVM
join:2002-12-08
Reno, NV
| reply to marti
What I was describing has two female jacks and you would plug one end of a longer cord into one jack and then other cord end into the wall and plug the microfilter into the other jack of the coupler. Then all you have to do is hide the phone cord hanging from the wall. |
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wayjac
Premium,MVM
join:2001-12-22
Indy | reply to marti
If you have nothing connected there remove the filter, it should have no effect on the dsl. |
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marti
Color outside the lines
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join:2001-12-14
Houston, TX
clubs: | I have the main phone to my house plugged in there.
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ff1324
Everybody Goes Home
Premium
join:2002-08-24
On Four Day
| reply to marti
How about this? It's not free, but it's less than $5.
»www.amazon.com/630LCCU-2F-50-2-L···-2114849 |
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wayjac
Premium,MVM
join:2001-12-22
Indy
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to marti
Ok, maybe something like this
said by marti :I don't think AT&T is going to ship anything to me "free." Give it a try  |
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Austinloop
join:2001-08-19
Austin, TX | reply to nwrickert
Second the motion to install a filter at the NID. I did that when DSL was installed and now have exactly one other filter working, the filter on the computer line at my desk for the phone there. |
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yock
TFTC
Premium
join:2000-11-21
Fairfield, OH
| reply to marti
said by marti :said by wayjac :Call the dsl help line you may be able to convince the rep to ship a wall phone filter or a dual port microfilter to you free of any charges. Or maybe I don't understand You understood. I don't think AT&T is going to ship anything to me "free." Why not? My girlfriend has AT&T DSL and part of her install package was a wall mount DSL filter. |
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ptrowski
Got Helix?
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join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
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| reply to marti
said by marti :said by wayjac :Call the dsl help line you may be able to convince the rep to ship a wall phone filter or a dual port microfilter to you free of any charges. Or maybe I don't understand You understood. I don't think AT&T is going to ship anything to me "free." They might. They sent me a wall phone filter in my welcome kit. Maybe they can send one to you. |
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RogerADSL
join:2004-12-10
Lawrenceville, GA | reply to marti
buy this:»sbcpioneershoppe.stores.yahoo.ne···afi.html
I don't think they shouldn't send you anything for free, you lost it. |
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guhuna
R.I.P Mike
Premium
join:2001-03-31
Brentwood, CA | reply to marti
My sister had this same issue. I just took the face plate off the wall jack and shoved the filter with a little bit of line in the box and put the face plate back on. Of course I made the wires look good but to this day its still like that. |
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David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs: | Are you just looking for a wall mount filter? I can get you one ordered if that's the case. |
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graysonf
Premium,MVM
join:1999-07-16
Fort Lauderdale, FL
1 edit | reply to marti
Is your wiring as ugly as any of this stuff?
»trinixy.ru/2008/03/27/trudnye_bu···tuk.html
Edit: I think my posting of this link here has caused the site to crash.  |
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wayjac
Premium,MVM
join:2001-12-22
Indy
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to David
Recently I assisted a new user with a install the self install kit was a 2wire kit it did not contain a wall mount filter, the quick install guide had a 1-800 number to call to request a wall mount filter.
Is a wall mount filter included with the motorola 2210 self install kit |
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Epikos
Surpass The Usual Or Ordinary
Premium
join:2003-07-27
Portland, OR
| reply to marti
This is silly. Those filters are a dime a dozen. I've got one sitting in a box that I'm never going to use. PM me a shipping address and I'll drop it in a USPS priority padded envelope.
-Epikos 
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