LOL!!! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Nov 10, 2015 10:15 PM, "Faisal Imtiaz" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Awesome ! ROFL ! > > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 3:17:39 PM > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Extend POTS via IP > > > The importance of the NID and ground rod: > > > > A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report her > > telephone failed to ring when her friends called and that on the few > > occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the > > phone rang. > > > > A telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this > > psychic dog or senile lady. > > > > He climbed a telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialed the > > subscriber's house. The phone didn't ring right away, but then the dog > > moaned and the telephone began to ring. > > > > Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found: > > 1. The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire with a steel > > chain and collar. > > > > 2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose. > > > > 3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the number > > was called. > > > > 4. After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moaning and then urinate. > > > > 5. The wet ground woul d c omplete the circuit, thus causing the phone to > > ring. > > > > This demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and moaning. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Faisal Imtiaz > > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:03 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Extend POTS via IP > > > > FYI.... > > > > Telco NID's would have grounded surge protector installed in it... So as > to > > protect them from surges. > > > > Most likely when you are connecting the ATA to house wiring, you are > > disconnecting it from the NID, and as such removing the surge > protections. > > > > You can continue to connect the ATA to house wiring, as long as you > install > > the appropriate surge protection on the phone wiring side of the house.. > > (the key here is that ground rod used for grounding the phone line, > should > > also be bonded with the ground rod used for electrical ground... if not > then > > you create a problem, and take hits every time it rains in hot weather). > > > > Regards. > > > > Faisal Imtiaz > > Snappy Internet & Telecom > > 7266 SW 48 Street > > Miami, FL 33155 > > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Mark - Myakka Technologies" <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 12:29:33 PM > >> Subject: [AFMUG] OT - Extend POTS via IP > > > >> We have several cases where a customer has a phone in an out building > >> plus the house. When they were with verizon they just had a copper > >> line between the house and building. > >> > >> When we first started installing the phones, we would just hook our > >> ATA to the house wiring and everything worked great. Until the summer > >> rolled around and we started losing our ATA's due to lightning > >> issues. > >> > >> We are now only connecting building using fiber. We still want to > >> extend the phone line to the out building using the fiber. Is there > >> an inexpensive way to take POTS to IP back to POTS? > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Thanks, > >> Mark mailto:[email protected] > >> > >> Myakka Technologies, Inc. > >> www.MyakkaTech.com > >> > >> Proud Sponsor of the Myakka City Relay For Life > >> http://www.RelayForLife.org/MyakkaCityFL > >> > >> Please Donate at http://www.myakkatech.com/RFL.html > >> > >> > >> --- > >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus >
