Oh yeah, test adsl was easy. Listen for dialtone :P This dsl tester was about $600AUD. Which believe it or not.....was cheap, compared to other testers. It is a good tool, but can be confusing to use. I'm planning to get a different one with a large colour screen, if I do then I'll probably make a video on it too :) Thanks for watching and commenting :D
@@CommsGuy maybe a demo of your current one? Can it test the copper side of fttc? I fix computers for a living and diagnosing internet issues is a major part of my work - I'm fairly good at skipping the "have you done x" part of the phonecall to the customers provider and going straight to get a tech out/replacement device needed part of the call.
@@voltare2amstereo hehe, it's great but also annoying when you've already done the ISP checklist before calling them :P I've never tried the DSL tester with FTTC, only FTTN. I believe FTTC is still VDSL2 so I guess it would probably work.
Hehehe, cool. The full name of them here is "ScotchLock" but I just like to call them Scotchies. :P :) It's cool that someone in the UK has watched this video, thankyou :D
Yes it really was. Not sure if it shows in the video but I believe I left it neat and with all cables neatly routed in the box in-case they want to use a different socket in the future. Thanks for watching and commenting :D
so much for standards and cabling licenses and yet have seen so much crap out there go and figure. i suppose thats why i never renewed my open cabling license. why give out money to some bureaucratic bastards. Been unemployed for over 1 year and 20 years experience in Systems and Telecommunication i have seen refugee freeloader with work visa doing the most horrendously terminations in fibre and copper. that goes as well to sparkies and their fn etu union. There are not many honest reliable technicians. Some complaining how much they get paid and saying its not worth fixing. Well if you are not gonna fix it dont complain when they get their resources overseas. So go and complain to your fn union bitching and crying. Comms guy you get my subs and thumbs up
Thank you. You've hit the nail right on the head there and don't even get me started on those damn electricians. The amount of garbage work I see from them is unimaginable. I remember talking with one of them who was doing MDF jumpering and literally told me that he "doesn't know anything about telecommunications". I think I was paralyzed with rage after hearing that. In one of my previous videos (CCTV) I got mad because the customer talked about me on the phone and called me an electrician....words hurt. :P You are right of course with the horrendous work from people, I have so many mind blowing stories about that kinda stuff. Thanks for the sub and the thumbs up. :D
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What are the dsl testers worth?
I used to be able to diagnose an adsl service by listening to the phone. NBN changed all that-
Oh yeah, test adsl was easy. Listen for dialtone :P
This dsl tester was about $600AUD. Which believe it or not.....was cheap, compared to other testers. It is a good tool, but can be confusing to use. I'm planning to get a different one with a large colour screen, if I do then I'll probably make a video on it too :)
Thanks for watching and commenting :D
@@CommsGuy maybe a demo of your current one? Can it test the copper side of fttc? I fix computers for a living and diagnosing internet issues is a major part of my work - I'm fairly good at skipping the "have you done x" part of the phonecall to the customers provider and going straight to get a tech out/replacement device needed part of the call.
@@voltare2amstereo hehe, it's great but also annoying when you've already done the ISP checklist before calling them :P
I've never tried the DSL tester with FTTC, only FTTN. I believe FTTC is still VDSL2 so I guess it would probably work.
Scotchies. We call them jelly crimps in the U.K 😊
Hehehe, cool. The full name of them here is "ScotchLock" but I just like to call them Scotchies. :P :)
It's cool that someone in the UK has watched this video, thankyou :D
RUclips won't let me post what I call them 😉 also in the uk
@@nakchAk Hahaha, Fair enough.
Wow, what a rat's nest that was. Great you fixed it for the chap.
Yes it really was. Not sure if it shows in the video but I believe I left it neat and with all cables neatly routed in the box in-case they want to use a different socket in the future. Thanks for watching and commenting :D
so much for standards and cabling licenses and yet have seen so much crap out there go and figure. i suppose thats why i never renewed my open cabling license. why give out money to some bureaucratic bastards. Been unemployed for over 1 year and 20 years experience in Systems and Telecommunication i have seen refugee freeloader with work visa doing the most horrendously terminations in fibre and copper. that goes as well to sparkies and their fn etu union. There are not many honest reliable technicians. Some complaining how much they get paid and saying its not worth fixing. Well if you are not gonna fix it dont complain when they get their resources overseas. So go and complain to your fn union bitching and crying. Comms guy you get my subs and thumbs up
Thank you. You've hit the nail right on the head there and don't even get me started on those damn electricians. The amount of garbage work I see from them is unimaginable. I remember talking with one of them who was doing MDF jumpering and literally told me that he "doesn't know anything about telecommunications". I think I was paralyzed with rage after hearing that.
In one of my previous videos (CCTV) I got mad because the customer talked about me on the phone and called me an electrician....words hurt. :P
You are right of course with the horrendous work from people, I have so many mind blowing stories about that kinda stuff.
Thanks for the sub and the thumbs up. :D
Be careful as you can see the customers external ip in the video.
ah damn. I didn't realize when editing. Thanks for pointing it out.
@@CommsGuy no worries it's not super readable but I think if I tried hard enough I could probably interpret it.
Not much somebody could do with it anyway.
Genuinely curious why there is so many pairs? Was it a duplex or something?
Thx for asking. No it was a house that had 5 or 6 phone sockets on the one incoming pair.