David McL
Nov 30, 1919, 12:00 AM
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ADT and Telmex lines/'phones
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The degree of dependability of your telephone in the Lake Chapala area depends on a number of things:<p>1. The trunk lines from Telmex to the Switch box closest to your house.
2. The line from the switch box to your house
3. The lines within your house.
4. The weather
5. Stuff<p>Some people have superiour connections and others will have lousy connections with frequent disconnects.<p>1. Trunk lines<p>Telmex has been slowly upgrading to fibreoptic trunk lines within a 5 km radius of each of their distribution buildings. Ajijic has been their primary focus in the Lake Chapala area due to the huge increase in demand for lines. <p>In the more rural areas these trunk lines can vary from new to very old. The older the worse the quality and the fewer the phone lines available.<p>2. The lines from Switch boxes to the house.<p>These are more frequently the source of problems. They can be very old, in which case you will have frequent problems and bad connections/disconnects.
If it hasn't been replaced in the last 3 to 5 years, get it replaced.<p>3. Your distribution lines in your house.<p>Same as above. In addition, people have often done their own extensions that are less than quality and the plugin jacks are often outdated. With brick construction it is frequently easier to extend a line on the outside of the house or over the roof, resulting in extreme exposure to the elements and early line breakdown.<p>4. The weather.<p>During the rainy season, the older lines and connections are subject to humidity and in some cases outright rain. Telmex's rate of failure and complaints skyrockets during this time. A line that has behaved perfectly during the rest of the year can go completely weird during July to October.<p>Get the lines replaced.<p>5. Other stuff<p>Power outages. If your telephones are all portables, you will lose your telephone when the power is down. I always keep a regular telmex handset phone on hand to plug in when the power goes out.
Alternative - have one phone plugged into a quality UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply).<p>Number of extensions - more than 3 (incuding your modem as 1) causes problems. Older lines and wiring - more than 1 is often a problem.<p>In summary, Some folk have excellent service with never a loss of service. Others are lucky to have dial tone for three consecutive days.<p>This is not THE definitive answer, but explains where the majority of service problems stem from.<p>Ten years ago, you were fortunate if there were more than 1 or 2 phones in your block.<p>David McL
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