From: jishnu@nospam.verizon.net   
      
   On 6/21/2014 11:33 PM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Friday, June 20, 2014 4:45:19 PM UTC-4, mrob...@att.net wrote:   
   >   
   >> Well, 48 V at the exchange. Maybe 5 V by the time it gets all the way out   
   to your off-hook telephone. :)   
   >   
   > FWIW, I used a volt meter on my phone line and it was 48 volts.  Of course,   
   I live only a mile from the C.O., maybe people further out have a lower amount.   
   >   
   > I have no idea what the voltage/currents are on VOIP phone lines.   
   >   
      
   On my VOIP phone line which is an optical fiber, both voltage and   
   current are zero as far as I can tell :P   
      
   Oh you meant from the modem to the phone? My old POTS phone from AT&T   
   still works so ..... :)   
      
   /J   
      
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