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by elmerfud 434 days ago
You don't say what kind of internet connection you have, but most likely it's due to extra noise on the line. Home phones ring because they send ~100 volts AC down the line.
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I've worked on allot of pots lines and haven't done that in 20 years as its all fiber back-hauld now.

The only time I'd send power down a copper line is to fuse it back together so I didn't have to dig it up and replace it and that's super rare now as I'd just put in a order to have it replaced with a 12 pair fiber run.