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It's official, ADSL works over wet string...

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jelv:
... but the water does need to be salty!

See http://www.revk.uk/2017/12/its-official-adsl-works-over-wet-string.html

phi2008:
When ah wor a lad we 'ed ta tie wee shoelaces togetha ta get an ISDN line - and wor we 'appy? Not really ...  ???

Ixel:
That was quite hilarious, but another interesting experiment done by someone at AAISP :P.

renluop:
What's the attenuation? loss per km? I doubt it'll be  one sisal fits all service! ;D

stevebrass:
Reason being that salt is an electrolyte. When dissolved in the water the chloride ions which have a negative charge provide the electrons to enable a current flow.

I am sure this report will be tabled at an OR meeting and we can then see what happens.

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