[VoIP] WE 2500 question

[Steph Kerman]

Did others receive this 48 hours after I posted it like I did?  Is there 
some way to figure out when it reached the list VS when the reflection 
reached me?  I'm receiving a lot of grossly delayed messages from this list.

Thanks
Steph

Steph Kerman wrote:
> Yes, that's what it means.  They installed polarity guards on an 
> as-needed basis where end-end signaling was needed.  At the time, 
> on-line banking and other interactive services were anticipated in the 
> choice of voice frequency signals for push button calling but they did 
> not exist yet.
>
> Did you really send this question at 7:23 AM this morning?
>
> Jayson Smith wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>> Ok, so does this mean that, assuming my phone line was served out of a step
>> and I was using a 2500 as my phone, when I dialed a local number, when it
>> answered, i'd be unable to touchtone after that, since the polarity was
>> reversed?
>> Jayson.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jason Burwell" <BurwellJ at FirstCharter.com>
>> To: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at bellsouth.net>; "Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog
>> Switches" <voip at ckts.info>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:55 PM
>> Subject: RE: [VoIP] WE 2500 question
>>
>>
>> Early Touchtone phones were polarity sensitive. If you reverse the pair
>> it should work like a champ.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: voip-bounces at ckts.info [mailto:voip-bounces at ckts.info] On Behalf
>> Of Jayson Smith
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:49 PM
>> To: Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches
>> Subject: [VoIP] WE 2500 question
>>
>> Hi,
>> On Friday I won a Western Electric 2500 desk phone. I got it in the mail
>> today, and am having a problem with it, and am just wondering if I got a
>> defective unit and need to contact the seller, or if this is a known
>> issue.
>> The phone works fine when hooked up to my Bell South POTS line. However,
>> when hooked up to either my IAXy or an unused but powered Packet8
>> BPA-410
>> ATA, the keypad doesn't work. When I press a key, I hear a very brief
>> bit of
>> the proper touchtone, but it's nowhere near enough to register. When
>> doing
>> an echo test, there are little blips that I can hear on another phone,
>> which
>> continue for as long as the key is held down. Is there a problem with
>> the
>> power provided by these devices, or is the phone defective? Once again,
>> it
>> works fine on my PSTN line.
>> Thanks.
>> Jayson
>>
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