[VoIP] WE 2500 question

[Greg Blakely]

The latest thing that I had from Steph, before this latest post, was
yesterday at 5:16 pm CDT. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: voip-bounces at ckts.info [mailto:voip-bounces at ckts.info] 
> On Behalf Of Doug Alderdice
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 3:04 PM
> To: Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches
> Subject: Re: [VoIP] WE 2500 question
> 
> I saw it yesterday, I think.  Definitely before today.  I am 
> still looking for my add'l response yesterday to appear in my 
> in-box about the 4-prong jacks clarifying in the last part of 
> my posting that I was talking about subscriber loops:
> 
> 
> "In my last message I wrote:
> So, my grandmother's house aside, was the PSTN ever a 4-wire system?
> 
> Very early Strowger switches (c. 1900) had more than two 
> wires but I don't know the details offhand. Bell System lines 
> have always been two wires (plus a ground for party line 
> ringing), AFAIK.
> 
> I am referring, of course, to lines delivered to the 
> subscriber.  I didn't make that clear."
> 
> 
> 
> Doug.
> 
> 
> 
> At 02:35 PM 3/17/2007 -0500, Steph Kerman wrote:
> >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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