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Keyed RJ11's

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From: TIHOR
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1987 18:58
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While keyed RJ-11's for different services sound like a good idea I don;t think
Ma cares much.  NYU is installing a new phone system and AT&T won the contract.
they are supplying mostly POTS but some Voice over data and some digital voice/
data lines from offices to a 85 pbx.  The telecomunications office here just
sent around a scare bulliten about not plugging "Radio Shack" phones into the
wall sockets since they wont work and can damage the system.  I looked at
our modems, answering machines, AT&T computers, et al and called their
Hot-Line.  There the person explained that they were just worried about people
stealing the fancy multibutton phone sets the rich departpments ordered for
their secretaries and administrators, "to take home since they are so pretty".
There is no problem with the POTS lines into th e PBX but the other lines
"could damage a normal instrument".  Why aren't they keyed?  AT&T wired the
building to their own standards.

I guess us customers aren't supposed to plug in stuff anyway so....

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Subject: Keyed RJ11's
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Date: Mon, 2-Feb-87 13:58:00 EST
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