So about 3 1/2 years ago I installed a NID splitter due to random DSL problems. Lately my dsl has been going down for hours at a time randomly. I've even tried 3 different modems on it...I just figured it was the lines. I mean I've always been pushing it at 63db attenuation and 6db noise @ 1.9mb/512kb

So when it went out today, I called for some help from wolfdragon, and on a kick I decided to test at the NI.

The modem sync'd at 3mb...

Son of a.....and no matter what I can't seem to find the spare nid splitter I had lying around for this exact situation. I probably gave it away or something when fixing a different DSL issue at one time. So I did what anyone else would do...I made my own out of a household one I had.

So far so good...always wanted to see if this would work honestly. Just maybe not in the middle of a freak snow storm.