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From: bga@raspail.UUCP (Bruce Albrecht)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Phone connections
Message-ID: <288@raspail.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 88 05:45:03 GMT
Organization: Control Data Corporation, Arden Hills, MN
Lines: 11

I'd like to apologize in advance for posting this here, but I figured that
this will get to a bunch of people who know the answer.  Since it doesn't
pertain to modems, I'd prefer an email response.

Phone wire generally has 4 wires, red, green, black and yellow.  What does
each color wire indicate?  Also, as far as I can tell, my connection from
the Telco is two wires, and they are connected to the red and green wires
at the entrance to my house.  What, if anything, should be connected to the
black (ground?) and yellow wires?   Thanks,

Bruce