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These are some tell-tale signs:

• Clicks on your phone line
• Slow or unreliable Internet connections

It can sometimes be hard to find the electric fence that's causing the problem.

It could be anywhere along the path of the telephone cable - from where it starts at the telephone exchange to the customer who is the furthest away.

Often the fence owner doesn't get interference on their own line, but their neighbours do - and those neighbours could live several kilometres away.

If your fence is causing the interference complete the Five-Step Electric Fence Check.

If your fence isn't causing the interference get together with neighbours to turn off the nearby fences to find the one causing the interference - then do the Five-Step Check on it.

• Please seek expert advice before constructing new, or extending or altering existing electric fences to minimise the risk of your electric fence interfering with your, or your neighbour's, phone line.
• Do not increase the size of the electric fence energizer to overcome poor electric fence performance due to a lack of fence maintenance. Instead, fix the faults on the fence.

Or try Telecom's NetRight service - a free Telecom dialup test line that accurately tests your modem, and has suggestions on diagnosing and fixing electric fence noise.

The address is

You will need to download the netright access icon onto your desktop to access the service. Please note electric fence interference is outside Telecom's responsibility and Telecom does not locate problem electric fences.