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You can also use it as an emergency phone line. So if the cellular network goes down you can actually still make phone calls. Pretty cool! Of course, this requires a telephone, but they are still fairly easy to find.
 
JimmiG said:
You can also use it as an emergency phone line. So if the cellular network goes down you can actually still make phone calls. Pretty cool! Of course, this requires a telephone, but they are still fairly easy to find.
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I don't think my phone line works. Verizon was setting me up to pay for a line repair that was their fault, so I dropped them completely.
 
GeekDrew said:
what happened
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My house is oldish, so there was no network interface box. I had bare wires coming through the wall. I tested the voltage where they came through the wall, and it was only 20V coming through. Verizon sent someone out to look at the problem, and they said the problem was in the house(meaning I'd have to pay). I just canceled the service. The only reason I used it was for dialup networking. I didn't want to pay a cable bill, but the speed sure is nice. That was back in 2006.
 
I've thought of this but pretty much figured it would be illegal. I work for the phone company too so yeah it would probably be bad if I was caught LOL.

I think hooking the jack to 120VAC is also illegal... I've always wondered what would happen. I would hope they have some kind of protection at the other end. I know they do have carbon protectors for lighting but don't know if it would protect against a a low voltage compared to lighting.

And to those who don't have a land line, how do you stand talking on a cell all the time? I find they are annoying to talk in for long durations, and depending on where you are the signal quality may not be that great. Nothing beats a good quality desk phone that plugs into the wall.
 
RedSquirrel said:
And to those who don't have a land line, how do you stand talking on a cell all the time? I find they are annoying to talk in for long durations, and depending on where you are the signal quality may not be that great. Nothing beats a good quality desk phone that plugs into the wall.
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I don't joy call. I use a phone purely for necessary purposes. It's rare my phone calls are longer than 5 minutes, and under 2 minutes is typical. I exchange the information that needs to be exchanged, and get off.
 
lxskllr said:
My house is oldish, so there was no network interface box. I had bare wires coming through the wall. I tested the voltage where they came through the wall, and it was only 20V coming through. Verizon sent someone out to look at the problem, and they said the problem was in the house(meaning I'd have to pay). I just canceled the service. The only reason I used it was for dialup networking. I didn't want to pay a cable bill, but the speed sure is nice. That was back in 2006.
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lol, nice. Should have just said that there was no NID/NIJ... they'd have taken care of the rest from there.
 
lxskllr said:
My house is oldish, so there was no network interface box. I had bare wires coming through the wall. I tested the voltage where they came through the wall, and it was only 20V coming through. Verizon sent someone out to look at the problem, and they said the problem was in the house(meaning I'd have to pay). I just canceled the service. The only reason I used it was for dialup networking. I didn't want to pay a cable bill, but the speed sure is nice. That was back in 2006.
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Pull the wires out of your house?
 
Hmmmm... I had my land line disconnected, but it's still connected to the house. They never did anything to the wires in front of the house. I wonder if there's any voltage there, and if so, I wonder if I could use it for something useful such as charging AA batteries?
 
oucaptain said:
the sandman's been doing this for years

he even has a telco powered "stress relief" product for the girls about half way down the page.
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lmao!!

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