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Dunno about you but I don't know anyone with live RJ-11 jacks in their house anymore.
by mikeweiss 1mo ago
Dunno about you but I don't know anyone with live RJ-11 jacks in their house anymore.
- ssl-3 1mo agoIt's been a very long time since I had a cable modem that didn't have a pair of 4P4C (aka RJ11 or POTS) jacks on the back. These exist to make available the VOIP service that I haven't wanted for decades. Others using this same enormous, American ISP probably have similarly-equipped gear. But I must admit that it has also been a very long time since I connected anything there. I don't know if they supply 48v talk battery or not when the modem has a data-only configuration.
- aftbit 1mo agoI've got them, powered by an Adit 600 in my basement.
- skinfaxi 1mo agoWhat do you use that for?
- aftbit 1mo agoCalling people and playing with phones. I have an internal Asterisk server for me and a few friends. The nicest thing is that when the phone rings, it's a person who I know, not a scam. (Unknown external numbers get direct to voicemail) Also great for my friends' kids. They can call each other or their grandparents or whoever, without having to touch a cellphone that tries to distract them with YouTube or whatever. My house uses mostly analog with the Adit 600 (6 lines, 3 using the 70s wiring in the wall, 3 dedicated to specific phones). Everyone else has cheap Polycom desk phones and uses SIP/RTP.
- ChrisMarshallNY 1mo agoI have one. It comes from my cable modem. We still have a landline. It's part of the cable package, but it mostly just gets robocalls.
- mikeweiss 1mo agoDidn't know people still had cable packages!
- ChrisMarshallNY 1mo agoEh. My wife still watches live TV. I don't. If it were just me, I'd be Internet-only.
- cromka 1mo agoBut live TV can be streamed via IP?
- wpm 1mo agoI have 4 or 6, I can't recall how many are on my Grandstream. Phones are fun! I am not normal.