[hblug] dial up connection kubuntu

[Rose McGillicuddy]

Fraser Burns wrote:
> There seems to be very few techs out there who understand alarms and 
> phones and broadband.
> 
> We are forever being called out when someone adds broadband and some 
> computer idiot thinks he knows what to do. Some places we have even been 
> called out 3 or 4 times when the computer wizkid decides to change their 
> system.
> 
> In simple terms when you add broadband, then the phone wiring to include 
> the alarm must be modified in one of two ways.
> 1. Wire in a filter to the alarm and leave all other outlets on 
> broadband. Any of these can have plug in filters added to convert them 
> to a phone (fax) as required.
> 2. Wire the house so that one (or as required) outlets are broadband and 
> the rest are permanently phone type outlets.
> 
> Both of these systems do degrade the security of a monitored security 
> alarm system.
> Security can be improved again by adding in a connection via your 
> network to the monitoring company.
> 
> regards
> Fraser
> 
My understanding was that I has to get the techie to install the modem 
because of the monitored alarm.  He was here a while, but I don't know 
of course exactly what he did. The modem initially worked okay.
I'm at a loss really as to what to do.
Regards
Rose


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