TIHOR@NYU-ACF7.ARPA.UUCP (02/02/87)
While keyed RJ-11's for different services sound like a good idea I don;t think Ma cares much. NYU is installing a new phone system and AT&T won the contract. they are supplying mostly POTS but some Voice over data and some digital voice/ data lines from offices to a 85 pbx. The telecomunications office here just sent around a scare bulliten about not plugging "Radio Shack" phones into the wall sockets since they wont work and can damage the system. I looked at our modems, answering machines, AT&T computers, et al and called their Hot-Line. There the person explained that they were just worried about people stealing the fancy multibutton phone sets the rich departpments ordered for their secretaries and administrators, "to take home since they are so pretty". There is no problem with the POTS lines into th e PBX but the other lines "could damage a normal instrument". Why aren't they keyed? AT&T wired the building to their own standards. I guess us customers aren't supposed to plug in stuff anyway so.... -------