[VoIP] WE 2500 question

[Steph Kerman]

Doug Alderdice wrote:
> I saw it yesterday, I think.  Definitely before today.
So it must have hit the list before then.  Is there a web page where 
list postings can be viewed for verification of their arrival?
> 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."
I have no  Voip list messages from you here since 3/4/07.

Steph
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> 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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