This topic has been pretty well covered. One additional test is to go to the phone box outside your house, open the user accessible section and connect a phone directly to the interface. If you have a lap-top you can connect that to the interface. The purpose is to test the line quality from the interface itself. If you get a faster connect here than in the house, it means that the problem is due to your internal wiring. Possibly due to too many splitters or corroded wiring, causing a voltage loss, or perhaps due to improper grounding (a common cause for noise on the line), In any event, if it works better from the interface than inside the house, the problem is in the house. In this event, you may be stuck for the repair unless you have some type of inside wiring repair insurance.

If the problem is evident at the box, it makes a clear case that the problem is the phone company’s responsibility. Report this to them when you talk to them

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