[ale] OT: dropped the land line and going naked DSL

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Fri May 29 16:11:18 EDT 2009


On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 3:51 PM, David Ritchie<deritchie at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Benjie <benjie.godfrey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There is an RJ-45 jack inside the NID to allow for this test.  It
>> shouldn't be a problem.
>
>
> True, it usually has a small plug like the one found on a phone cable acting
> as a jumper... you unplug that, plug a phone (or DSL modem, in this case)
> in and dial away... if you are really paranoid, you can put a lock on the
> the box so people can't hook in and make phone calls to East Elbonia
> on your line....
>
Which is why my phone gear terminates inside my house.

MUWAHAHAHA!!!!

> Please use this knowledge for good, not evil. Thanks!
>
> -- Dave
>
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