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Old 3rd August 2008 | 17:20
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west lakes
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From: On the western edge of The Moor
Worth noting on the BT wires that some (I don't know from when) are aluminium and can be more problematic than copper.
Discovered this when we had a phone fault some years ago when the BT engineer explained what had gone wrong. (one of the pair "broke" when disturbed during work on an adjacent pair)
Aluminium also suffers from surface oxidation which leads to bad connections

Another good speed test site

Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test

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