Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Tue, 11 Jun 91 00:21 PDT From: John Higdon Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Busying Out a Phone With a Resistor Reply-To: John Higdon Message-ID: Organization: Green Hills and Cows Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 450, Message 4 of 11 Lines: 25 I could not RESIST adding my two cents -- plain to all of this extensive discussion about what value resistor to busy out a phone line with. For a quarter century, when it has been necessary to busy out a phone line I have simply shorted it. In the case of ground start, I have shorted it and grounded it as well. I had one trunk left this way for about a year. Came back, pulled the short and the line came right back to life. No CO switch, modern or ancient, gives a hoot or a holler about what kind of load is on a line. It is all current limited in the subscriber line equipment. The only complaint you will ever get from telco is from the act itself of busying out the line. This bugs some telcos more than others. But from all this discussion, a new product idea is emerging. How about "The Busystat". It could have an RJ11C plug on it. And it would be guaranteed to avoid drawing excessive current on the line, avoiding those expensive service calls. Phooey! John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !