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From: ben@sybase.com (ben ullrich)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Strange Phone Problem
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Date: 1 Jun 89 18:50:10 GMT
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X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 183, message 5 of 10

simple problem really:  the polarity on the pair of wires for your line got
reversed.  older pushbutton phones cannot deal with this very well; newer
ones (like the cordless) can.


 ...ben
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