[asterisk-users] Looking at Asterisk for 8000sq/ft residential use

Leif Neland leifn at neland.dk
Wed Dec 30 03:45:38 CST 2009


Taylor, Jonn skrev:
> Leif Neland wrote:
>>>> I can't believe anyone would use RJ-11 any more.  You can multi-purpose 
>>>> RJ-45 jacks to work with POTS lines.  Run everything down to a central 
>>>> panel and send pots over the jacks that you need to.  That way if you 
>>>> decide you need/want to go IP in the future, you're all set.
>>>>
>>>> Darrick
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>> Better read this before recommending using RJ-45 jacks with RJ-11 line 
>>> cords. The jacks gets damaged. Manufactures will not warranty them!!!
>>>
>>> http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7125288/description.html
>>>
>>> Jonn
>>>     
>> You can get or make cords with RJ-45 in one end and RJ-11 in the other.
>>
>>
> The point is that you should buy the right jacks for the application.  
> Just remember that VIOP is only about 100k of bandwidth per call to a 
> phone. If you are connecting a pc to that phone phone thats different.
>
> Jonn

Still, if using RJ45 with RJ45-RJ11 cords, one can easily upgrade to 
voip later without risking the jacks have been damaged.

www.lynxbroadband.com offers TV and phone over cat5/6 cables, so to wire 
phones on two-wire RJ11 is to lock the installation to the technology of 
the last milleneum.

Leif





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