Hello-
I got my Fusion service installed and working with a temporary wiring setup and modem, and now I am planning the long-term details. Here are a few questions about the splitter and/or filter(s) I will need:
-Can I use an RJ-11 plug-in splitter in my NID box to feed the whole house, or do I need a "real" splitter/filter intended for NID installation? If so, what is the reason?
-Do I need to use the data/DSL output of the splitter/filter, or is that no different from connecting the DSL modem to the input side of the filter? (In other words, do the splitters "protect" the DSL signal from anything in the voice signal, or only the other way around?)
I have had DSL and then U-verse data since 1999, so I have always had a whole-house splitter in use (first, the one installed by Pac Bell with the early DSL setups, then a different one for U-verse installed by AT&T two years ago). Today, I tried the U-verse one (marked for VDSL 8.5 MHz) on my Sonic line and got really poor results, so I know that one is not suitable, and then I tried a plug-in one from standard AT&T DSL and data speed was no different with or without it. I have two separate Cat 5 cables from my NID to where my phone wires and Ethernet cables terminate in the house, one each for voice and data.
Thanks for any advice.
I got my Fusion service installed and working with a temporary wiring setup and modem, and now I am planning the long-term details. Here are a few questions about the splitter and/or filter(s) I will need:
-Can I use an RJ-11 plug-in splitter in my NID box to feed the whole house, or do I need a "real" splitter/filter intended for NID installation? If so, what is the reason?
-Do I need to use the data/DSL output of the splitter/filter, or is that no different from connecting the DSL modem to the input side of the filter? (In other words, do the splitters "protect" the DSL signal from anything in the voice signal, or only the other way around?)
I have had DSL and then U-verse data since 1999, so I have always had a whole-house splitter in use (first, the one installed by Pac Bell with the early DSL setups, then a different one for U-verse installed by AT&T two years ago). Today, I tried the U-verse one (marked for VDSL 8.5 MHz) on my Sonic line and got really poor results, so I know that one is not suitable, and then I tried a plug-in one from standard AT&T DSL and data speed was no different with or without it. I have two separate Cat 5 cables from my NID to where my phone wires and Ethernet cables terminate in the house, one each for voice and data.
Thanks for any advice.