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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: New Double-jack Wall Plates, Crosstalk?
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Date: 30 May 90 16:29:19 GMT
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We just had new phone service hooked up, two lines: one for data, the
other for voice. Instead of designating one jack for data and hooking
up the rest for voice, my wife let them install a new kind of
wallplate with two lines at each point:


	+-------------+
	|             |
	|  +--+ +--+  |
	|  |  | |  |  |
	|  +--+ +--+  |
	|             |
	+-------------+

I presume they have hooked red-green up on one line, and yellow-black
on the other. I haven't had time to check it or even pop a plate
(moving is *such* fun), but if they did this I should expect some
crosstalk. Has anyone else seen this setup? If there is a crosstalk
problem, what should I do?  


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