Re: Defective RJ31/CA 38 A Line Exclusion Jacks

["Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

"CH®IS" <sh@xxxxx> wrote in message news:Ej9jk.2148$%b7.586@xxxxxxxxxxx
> "tourman" wrote...
>> RHC: I'm wondering if anyone else is having a problem with poor
>> quality line exclusion jacks and cords. Canadian suppliers invariably
>> stock only the Chinese imports, and lately we've been finding that
>> almost one in three jacks or cords comes out of the box defective.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a Canadian supplier who stocks quality jacks and
>> cords, because these DOA's are at an unacceptable level (whataya
>> expect I guess at 55 cents apiece...?) And the ones that do work, die
>> at an unacceptable level creating unnecessary service calls for us
>> (and sometimes Bell Canada).
>
> A few weeks ago I have a bad jack from a new1832 kit.  Usually they're
> fine, but perhaps you've found the same suppliers for DSC's jacks?
>
> I've also had to replace a fair number of jacks, but who knows how long
> some of those have been in service.  I'd guess anywhere from 5-20 years,
> and we do have a fair share of lightning around here too.
>
> But a bad jack brand new outta the box, that's just unacceptable.  If it
> weren't for so many DSL lines, I don't think I'd bother using jacks at
> all.

Yeah, they do make it easier to plug in that DSL filter.