fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前CenturyLink left 86-year-old woman with no Internet service for a montharstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1258arrow-down1external-linkCenturyLink left 86-year-old woman with no Internet service for a montharstechnica.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前message-square30fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareDosDude@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·2 年前I love the stock image of an ethernet cable with only phone capabilities having continuity. Good choice from whoever made that decision.
minus-squarereallynotnick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 年前For a 2-line connection yes, but single line is just 1 pair.
minus-squareDosDude@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 年前Phone lines usually have 4 leads. Only blue/blue-white are used for the actual connection, orange/orange-white are often not connected.
minus-squaresomedaysoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 年前Except according to the article, her phone service wasn’t POTS but VOIP so it was also down.
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.
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Except according to the article, her phone service wasn’t POTS but VOIP so it was also down.