[LS3SSRS]

yea i work for a phone company and install phones/dsl/tv all day everyday. The main problem i come across is usually something in the house(alarm is a big one) Call your service provider and tell them you want a 'POTS splitter' installed at the main panel at your house. What this does is takes the phone line/dsl signal coming into your house and splits the data from the voice. So with this splitter it will bypass your inside wiring and dedicate 1 jack in your place for internet/modem only. So really the modem will have a straight path outside and will increase the signal to noise ratio(SNR) Also yes, it does depend on the type of wiring into your place. Is it buried or aerial? Buried cables have waaayy less problems then aerial cables. It also depends on the speed of service you requested, how far you are from the office, noise on the line(in db's ideally less than 26), what type of internet port it is....ex: alcatel, stinger, 2+, nokia, dslam(the box that brings the lines into your house is called a NIB~network interface box~). I personally will never go with cable internet, the speeds vary depending on how many users in your area are using the internet as well. Cable is shared, DSL is dedicated.