From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Jishnu Mukerji  wrote:   
   >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 ..... :)   
      
   That's hardly the test. Try using a 28.8k modem and let us know if you   
   can get it to synch with another modem.   
      
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