Using DSL Modems for Point to Point Connections?

Tommydog asks: "Any techies out there? I'm living in a rural area and would like to know from anyone qualified, if I can hook up 2 DSL modems point to point, and connect to a neighbor's home network who is running Internet Sharing. We do have a dry pair (we can only get one pair) of TELCO wires between our houses, which are about 2 miles apart. Before investing in a couple of single pair modems (T-1's require 2 pair), I'd like to know if anyone has been able to make something like this work. It turns out that I'm just a bit too far for DSL, but this neighbor does have it and will share it if I can get a good connection going. So, anyone have 2 DSL modems working point to point, back to back? Are there any caveats or precautions? Thanks!"

Comments

Re:danger will robinson - stupid

[erpbridge]

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If my parents had bought me strippers...
Yow! ;)

Re:danger will robinson - stupid

[Alrescha]

"you can not send enough power to electrocute someone over a low guage phone pair. get real."

You should get real. It requires very little 'power' to disrupt the heart. The resistance of the skin is what usually keeps this from happening. If you have bare dry hands, you're probably right - but:

The C.O. will send enough voltage to make an old-style mechanical ringer operate. It's a constant-current source (ie: it will raise the voltage until the appropriate current flows). With no phone on the line, you'll get maximum voltage as the C.O. attempts to make the electrons flow.

Again, the resistance of your skin is the deciding factor. Get your hands wet, or let the wires pierce your skin at the same time the C.O. decides to ring your phone and could could easily become dead (remember to hold one wire in each hand if this is your goal).

As a reference (current in *milliamps*):

Unsafe current values:

8 mA to 15 mA
Painful shock; individual can let go at will since muscular control is not lost.

15 mA to 20 mA
Painful shock; control of adjacent muscles lost; victim can not let go.

50 mA to 100 mA
Ventricular fibrillation - a heart condition that can result in death - is possible.

100 mA to 200 mA
Ventricular fibrillation occurs.

200 mA and over
Servere burns, severe muscular contractions - so severe that chest muscles clamp the heart and stop it for the duration of the shock. (This prevents ventricular fibrillation).

http://www.elec-toolbox.com/Safety/safety.htm

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