[wplug] DSL?

[Logan]

>> Basically, they are high frequency filters so you don't hear the  
>> DSL's high frequency chatter on your own phone line. However, if  
>> you plug your DSL modem into it, then it won't be able to connect.  
>> (Thus the splitter.)
>
> I doubt you could hear in the range that DSL modems transmit,  
> unless you're Superman. :) (And I doubt that Lex Luthor is going to  
> be making telephone calls.)  The filters are to reduce noise  
> produced by phones, fax machines and other telephone devices so as  
> not to garble the modulated analogue signal and reduce the speed  
> and quality of the network.
Also, when we upgraded to the faster DSL service, we found that one  
of the phones wasn't filtered. This, for some reason, caused the DSL  
to be slower. I don't actually understand why.