Post #3603493
2026-07-05 07:47 UTC
@datenwolf@chaos.social @purple@nya.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @fivetonsflax@tilde.zone @oscherler@tooting.ch @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @CursedSilicon@social.treehouse.systems
I had that problem every time it rained or snowed. Lost dial tone as well, due to the moisture causing high leakage between tip and ring.
The phone company tried me on every available pair.
I was lucky that they installed GPON. Moisture doesn't get into the fiber to cause problems.
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@datenwolf@chaos.social 2026-07-05 07:51
@brouhaha@mastodon.social @purple@nya.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @fivetonsflax@tilde.zone @oscherler@tooting.ch @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @CursedSilicon@social.treehouse.systems As a laser physicist specialized in high speed tunable fiber lasers, let me put it this way: Don't mix water and optical fiber. It does funny things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxyl_ion_absorption