[ILUG] Connection speeds??

[Nick Hilliard]

Niall O Broin wrote:
>  However, because this pushes phone lines so hard, the quality
> of your phone line is very important. 

On the contrary, both the cable and the cable termination quality in
people's homes are extremely important.  Many people have home-grown cable
strung all over the place, terminated in krone-style blocks with
screwdrivers instead of punch tools, or 50-yo cables with duff connections
everywhere.  My experience has been that this sort of thing is responsible
for a significant proportion of cabling problems.

Nick