[VoIP] WE 2500 question

[John Novack]

VOIP is stuck in a worm hole?
Perhaps Leprechauns delayed it?

I received it yesterday
Jason's clock may have been an hour off, but not two days.

Sent around 3:30 PM EDT Saturday 3/17/2007

John Novack


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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