[VoIP] Just bought a Western Electric 202

[John Novack]

John R. Covert wrote:
>> Does it come with a proper subset
>>     
>
> For another $130 it would have...  
You SHOULD be able to find a 684 for less than that. Or the base of a 
broken 302 with one of Ray Kotke's newly molded covers that make it look 
like a 684 with feet.
Thing is, without a subset of some type, the phone will sound awful, too 
much sidetone, and may ultimately damage either transmitter or receiver, 
assume it is connected with both in series.
> There's some sort of modern
> ringer (at least with a real bell); the seller claims it sounds
> like the real thing.
The bell really isn't the issue here, it is the network provided by the 
101 induction coil and cap.

And the later 685 with a 425 network would require a 5 wire mounting 
cord to the (D?) handset mount
>  
>> Any reason you went with the expensive ( per port ) IAXy
>>     
>
> I have plenty of Cisco ATA 186 adapters for other ports, but
> they require DTMF.  This is the only DP port I need.
>
> PCI cards are not an option on MacOS X, especially not on a
> Titanium G4 Powerbook, which is what I'm using as my firewall,
> NAT router, and Asterisk PBX.
>   
I knew you were on the ( lunatic) fringe, but forgot you were THAT far out!



BTW - My network has developed a problem that I have yet to solve. Seems 
Asterisk can't find certain items, such as my SIP phone or my SIp 
providers, in order to register
Rebooting the machine, and a fresh compile have yet to help, so for the 
moment, 666 is off the air!

John Novack