Thread: Deteriorating ADSL coneection

Originally Posted by lom

So Miggins you never told what kind of cable you have used.
The ToT cable has a stainless steel carrier wire and you are supposed to split it from the other 2 cables when you are hanging it up.
Half a meter of split and then you wont get any strain on the 2 other wires and no chance that your aliminium "hanger" can eat into them.

And if this is the case, how would you separate them? I would be worried that I exposed bare wire on the carriers. Teeth? Pliers, Pincers...

I asked the TOT guy today and he confirms what you say 2x copper and one stainless, but he said my "hanging of cables" was fine.................despite the fact that the centre of each span is on the ground!