DACS
- Interview
with a BT Engineer about DACS
Interview held early 2000.
Q1. What do I ask when a Bt engineer comes to fit an extra line
to make sure I'm not getting a dacs
A: Basically, you won't have a choice. If,
however, you report it is causing problems after it has been fitted,
they've build a fault and probably send an engineer. You can then
explain to the engineer, and see if your line can be de-dacs'ed,
and an alternative line fed from your DP can be Dacs'ed. Not definite,
but worth a try. We actually don't get too many problems with
Dacs though.
Q2. What should I do if the engineer says I have a dacs?
A: See answer 1!!
Q3: How can I tell I have a dacs
A: Look at the DP, one might have your number
written on it. Or borrow a mobile, stand at the dp, ring your
number, listen for ringing clicks!
Q4:how do most people know what / where a dp is?
A:If a house is fed from a pole, it'll be
a black box with a very little white square on the front. Internal
ones are white.
Q5: How seriously will a dacs interfere with my internet connection?
A: Dacs might not necessarily be a problem!
Q6: What might interfere with my internet connection?
A: Shit modem, shit ISP, shit computer,
shit server, ie, if the site you're downloading from is running
on a 486, it's bound to be slow, especially if it's a well visited
site!
Q7: Do BT remove dacs? Yes, every now and again, there's a project
to recover dacs where line plant has come free!!
Q line plant? A Wires!! What has to be appreciated
is that BT don't make a lot of money from residential lines, particularly
in places where there is a large turnover of tenants. It's a lot
cheaper to use a dacs than to put new cable in the ground.
Links to Sites about DACS - If you know any sites
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