18 Jul
1998
18 Jul
'98
6:44 a.m.
I was just pointing at that in the US, the telcos have
far
less ability to control how many phones you have the house than in
other
parts of the world.
Anyway, point taken.
Is there any reason for a telco to worry about the number of phones in a
house besides for purely financial concerns? Of course, if you have 100
phones all plugged in, it's possible there won't be enough power for all
of them, and certainly not enough to make them all ring. I believe the
FCC controls stuff about the amount of power a phone can use for
ringing.
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18 Jul
18 Jul
2:30 p.m.
On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Max Eskin wrote:
Is there any reason for a telco to worry about the
number of phones in a
house besides for purely financial concerns? Of course, if you have 100
phones all plugged in, it's possible there won't be enough power for all
of them, and certainly not enough to make them all ring. I believe the
FCC controls stuff about the amount of power a phone can use for
ringing.
Bingo. It's the amount of current the telco has to provide to ring all
your phones. If there are too many phones on the line (especially the old
style phones, referred to as 2500 sets for their model number) then the
ringers could possibly draw too much current, or may not all be able to
ring due to the number of phones. With today's electronic ringers
however, its less of an issue.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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