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What does a splitter/micro-filter
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What devices need to be filtered ? |
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What is the difference between a passive
and an active Microfilter ? |
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My PC is not next to a telephone socket? |
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| What does a splitter/micro-filter
do? |
| You will need a splitter or micro-filter
to run your Broadband line successfully. This is a
cheap little gadget which fits between the phone
socket and the modem. Incidentally this item is
also available from fairBroadband. A Microfilter filters
out the Broadband signal from the normal phone signal,
allowing you to use both on the same line; it
also provides two sockets, one for Broadband and one
for the phone/fax/answering machine/set top box |
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| What devices need to be filtered
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| All phone devices need to be filtered
when Broadband is used on your line, including:· Normal
handsets · Cordless handset base stations · Fax
machines · Answering machines · Set top boxes |
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passive and an active Microfilter ? |
| A passive Microfilter does not actively
filter and only does so when a signal is being
sent down the line, active Microfilters have more
circuitry and filter all the time. Active Microfilters
tend to be more expensive and allow for more devices
to be connected at any one time. The only BT approved
Microfilters are active filters |
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| My PC is not next to a telephone
socket? |
| In this case you will need to install
a BT approved extension kit and plug your splitter/micro-filter
into this. You can get these kits from a variety
of suppliers. The extension should be no more
than 30 metres from a telephone socket. |
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