CenturyLink left 86-year-old woman with no Internet service for a monthfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world – 256 points – 1 years agoarstechnica.com30Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsI love the stock image of an ethernet cable with only phone capabilities having continuity. Good choice from whoever made that decision.Don't you need 2 pairs for phoneFor a 2-line connection yes, but single line is just 1 pair.Phone lines usually have 4 leads. Only blue/blue-white are used for the actual connection, orange/orange-white are often not connected.1 more...Except according to the article, her phone service wasn't POTS but VOIP so it was also down.1 more...
I love the stock image of an ethernet cable with only phone capabilities having continuity. Good choice from whoever made that decision.Don't you need 2 pairs for phoneFor a 2-line connection yes, but single line is just 1 pair.Phone lines usually have 4 leads. Only blue/blue-white are used for the actual connection, orange/orange-white are often not connected.1 more...Except according to the article, her phone service wasn't POTS but VOIP so it was also down.1 more...
Don't you need 2 pairs for phoneFor a 2-line connection yes, but single line is just 1 pair.Phone lines usually have 4 leads. Only blue/blue-white are used for the actual connection, orange/orange-white are often not connected.1 more...
Phone lines usually have 4 leads. Only blue/blue-white are used for the actual connection, orange/orange-white are often not connected.
I love the stock image of an ethernet cable with only phone capabilities having continuity. Good choice from whoever made that decision.
Don't you need 2 pairs for phone
For a 2-line connection yes, but single line is just 1 pair.
Phone lines usually have 4 leads. Only blue/blue-white are used for the actual connection, orange/orange-white are often not connected.
Except according to the article, her phone service wasn't POTS but VOIP so it was also down.