Re: your mail

Glen Vanlehn (gvanlehn@ccsf.cc.ca.us)
Fri, 8 Sep 1995 08:51:23 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, Greg Wiley wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know the resistor and capacitor values I
> should use to busy a POTS line temporarily?
^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Thanks,
>
> -greg

discussion on comp.dcom.telecom.tech last year went into this in depth,
conclusion: forget the resistor, short the line!

Yeah, right. I use RJ11 plugs with a few inches of wire in a loop.
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