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From: kenn@Apple.COM (Kenn Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: WARNING:  SWB new 'standard' - RJ48S
Keywords: Leased lines
Message-ID: <30772@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 May 89 23:38:53 GMT
References: <8072@killer.Dallas.TX.US> <6839@cbmvax.UUCP>
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In article <6839@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>In article <8072@killer.Dallas.TX.US> phil@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Phil Meyer) writes:
>> We just completed a VERY difficult installation of a pair of MUXs over
>> a leased line from Dallas to Austin, Texas.
 
>> The only real difficulty was that Southwestern Bell is pushing to set a 
>> new standard for the rest of the world.  They now require their field
>> service people to install eight wire (RJ48S I think - more about that later)
>> connectors on their leased lines.  They are unwavering in their desire to
>> make life as bad as possible for us low lifes who have to deal with this
>> stuff.  

>Am I missing something?  This has been standard in the rest of the US for
>quite a while, not to mention the RJ11 jack simply plugs in, and the data
>pair(s) happen to be on the middle 2(4) pairs...

Actually, the RJ-48 I just had installed (they did it on their own, not by
my request (the RJ-48 that is)) is wired with the transmit and receive
pairs on the outside four pins. There is no way that an RJ-11 can utilize
that connector. An RJ-45 (which is physically the exact same fargin' jack)
is wired as a super-set of the RJ-11 and will allow you to plug in.

kenn


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Kenneth E. Walker  			
Apple Integrated Systems, Apple Computer, Inc.