Subj : Dead Phone LIne.
To   : KEN WEITZEL
From : JAY EMRIE
Date : Mon Nov 29 2004 10:24 am

KW>JE>According to my brother, who used to work for SWBT (as it was then known)
KW>  >if a caller gets a busy signal (WHICH THEY DID) there is a short between
KW>  >the red and green in the house phone wiring; if the caller got ring then
KW>  >there is an open in the house wiring.


KW>Hi...

KW>I imagine that both you and your brother are referring
KW>to 'short' in the simplest of terms.  But just to make
KW>double sure, it's not a short 'short' :)

KW>Were it really shorted, you couldn't use it :)

That is correct - and I CANNOT use it!!!

KW>It's just a very, very tiny load across the line.

The "short" terminology is from SBC's trouble shooting guide lines and
is the same for all TELCOs in the US. A "short" in the house wiring
indicates to the caller that the line is busy even though nothing is
being used at the receiving end.

I have no idea how many Ohms defines a short (zero Ohms for a dead short
or somewhere between zero Ohms and infinity).

An open in the house wiring causes the caller to hear the phone ringing
but the receiving party doesn't hear anything.

Regardless, either will stop your phone operation.
Jay
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