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From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sun Jul 7 15:27:55 2002

On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:

> True, 90VAC on the ring cycle. In the off-hook you have 48VDC
> (nominal) at 20mA.
>
> At any rate, the jack on the end was RJ45, so it wouldn't have been
> easy for someone to plug it into a phone jack, but I'm sure a
> determined idiot could manage :)

I've seen damaged network cards and network gear where someone plugged a
RJ11-RJ11 cord from an analog phone system into the RJ45. I've also seen
damage caused the same way by commercial phone systems, which used RJ45
connectors.

-Toth
Received on Sun Jul 07 2002 - 15:27:55 BST