SCR596@CYBER2.CENTRAL.BRADFORD.AC.UK (Drew) (12/11/88)
Here in the UK every phone, and in fact every piece of equipment connected to the phone network (modems etc), has a Ring Equivalent Number (REN) assigned to it. Most touchtone phones have a REN of 1.0. We are told that we must not use devices that exceed a total of x RENs on a line, where x is a number I don't know. I guess there may be an equivalent notation (if not exactly the same) in the US. What I want to know is, what exactly is REN, how is it measured and what happens if you exceed it? What is the maximium REN total allowed on a residential line? Is this the same all over the country? Are phones listed as 1.0 REN really that, or are they, say, 0.8 REN? Yours quizzingly, Drew Radtke.