My understanding is that telephones working on POTS lines work off two wires from the telco, but some countries like the UK have a bell shunt wire between the master socket and extension sockets to suppress bell tinkle on older rotary phones.
Steve Grobe wrote: > If I understand your question the answer is yes. I am in the US and my > home phone runs off of two wires. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Douglas McKean [SMTP:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 4:29 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Just a curiosity question ... > > Importance: High > > > > Is telephone two wire hookup is still being > > used somewhere in the world?
