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It could be interesting to have some fun and make the consultant's and CG's that you guys speak of go out totally misinformed and make a donkey of themselves.
Or could that be wrong and lead to TTT getting a bad reputation?

They don't need us for them to make a donkey of themselves. They do quite well without any help.

-Hal

Ah..... This solves a mystery!

More than once I've seen somebody claim that the terms tip and ring are derived from the "fact" that one wire is used for the talk path (TiP) and the other is used for ringing the line.

They must have all been getting their advice from Ed and Hal!

Is this guy in over his head?

A little. That puts me in mind of the people here who cut into a coaxial TV antenna cable and just spur off to a second outlet using a junction box, then have no idea why the signal is so poor. If they manage to make the spur just the right (wrong!) length, they end up with a lousy picture on the first set before they've even connected the second.

Mkoloj:

Yes, Hal and I did get quite a kick out of that one. Hey, at least he knew when to quit and admitted he was over his head BEFORE he messed something up.

Paul: What? You mean I can't just twist the center conductors together? No wonder my digital cable doesn't work.

Of course not! I thought everybody knew that the shields have to be connected together by at least two but no more than four strands, and that a minimum of one strand from the shield has to be touching the center conductor.

And it will never work unless you hold it together with Scotch parcel tape.

I happen to know someone that drilled thru a coax that was being used as a network backbone while drilling a hole for it's fiber replacement.
The weapon of choice:


The users never missed a beat, probably because they were out to lunch long enough after it happened to devise the crafty repair.
Rest assured, a week later the fiber went live and I have slept well ever since.

As for the guy trying to bridge two digital phones on one switch port, he did do the right thing and admit he was in over his head.
It seemed like he thought it was like wiring a second line in a residence and it hit him that he was in too deep when he saw another phone that had 5 line appearances on it.
You have to admit though, it would have been priceless if the thread started out with someone looking for a source for a replacement card for the switch and installation instructions.

Those 709 connectors are the bomb! I use them for everything.

Everything?
I don't know about all that but they definitely have their place.