From: Steve Crocker st...@shinkuro.com
I honestly don't remember whether the plugs were the clunky four pin
or the then-modern RJ11. I recall studying RJ11 and RJ45 plugs and
sockets at some point and discovering that some plugs and sockets
had six wires instead of only four or two. I
it. The
reason for acoustic couplers was that the RJ-11 had
been invented yet and it was a pain to unscrew the box
on the wall and re-wire every time you wanted to
connect.
...
It may have been illegal in some countries but
certainly not in the US.
Huh
On 1/2/2013 7:08 PM, Ned Freed wrote:
Of course. However, we're talking about post-Carterphone here.
Carterphone was
1968, and I'm sure four pin plugs were in use by then.
Not in Los Angeles. As I recall, all the phone around there were
hardwired into the 70s.
Also keep in mind that
In 1974 I moved into a condo complex in Marina del Rey near USC-ISI. As has
been my usual practice, I ordered two POTS lines and I went to the phone
company to get the phones. The condo was pre-wired with jacks in each of the
major rooms. The phones I got from the phone company came with
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Cc: ietf@ietf.org
Date: 01/03/2013 08:48 AM
Subject: Re: Acoustic couplers (was: WCIT outcome?)
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--On Wednesday, January 02, 2013 13:34 -0800
ned+i...@mauve.mrochek.com wrote:
From: John Day jeanj...@comcast.net
I remember when
--On Thursday, January 03, 2013 06:52 -0800 Dave Crocker
d...@dcrocker.net wrote:
...
A line mod was probably against the rules irrespective of
Carterphone in those
days. But had you bought your own phone with a ringer switch
and hooked that
Not allowed at that point. All user equipment
--On Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:10 -0500 Steve Crocker
st...@shinkuro.com wrote:
In 1974 I moved into a condo complex in Marina del Rey near
USC-ISI. As has been my usual practice, I ordered two POTS
lines and I went to the phone company to get the phones. The
condo was pre-wired with
I honestly don't remember whether the plugs were the clunky four pin or the
then-modern RJ11. I recall studying RJ11 and RJ45 plugs and sockets at some
point and discovering that some plugs and sockets had six wires instead of only
four or two. I never did learn if they had a different
On 1/2/2013 1:34 PM, ned+i...@mauve.mrochek.com wrote:
Now, your point about rewiring the jack may in fact be the reason for
_post-Carterphone_ acoustic couplers, but it was indeed at one time illegal
to connect directly (other than AT+T/WE supplied equipment).
I'm skeptical about
