Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wugate!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: chip@vector.dallas.tx.us (Chip Rosenthal) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: T1 Carrier Solves Shortage of Pairs Message-ID: Date: 28 Jul 89 15:40:20 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: chip@vector.dallas.tx.us Organization: Dallas Semiconductor Lines: 17 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 262, message 10 of 11 Edward Greenberg writes: >X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 258, message 1 of 9 > One rather disturbing fact about T1 is that 1.544 megabaud >dry (no battery) data sounds just like *nothing* if you listen >with a butt set. What is a "butt set?" I would think an active line would be pretty noticable if the T1 pulse density requirements were met. -- Chip Rosenthal / chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US / Dallas Semiconductor / 214-450-5337 "I wish you'd put that starvation box down and go to bed" - Albert Collins' Mom [Moderator's Note: A 'butt set' is simply a telephone handset with a dial built in (and other nifty switches), ala Trimline. It has aligator clips on the wires running from it, which can be conveniently clipped on various wires in a terminal box. They are used by technicians to get an audible indication of what line(s) they are on at the time. PT]