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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>These are common in our area. They’re not “cheap”, but they do provide a lot of raw diagnostics that can help you troubleshoot a host of copper problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.tecratools.com/pages/telecom/43442.html">http://www.tecratools.com/pages/telecom/43442.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Lee<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:20 AM<br><b>To:</b> Mike King<br><b>Cc:</b> cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] Old cisco-voip thread on VG-224 dead ports<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That's so cool. Yet another example for my kids on how we "survived" without computers-Internet-VoIP-dry erase boards-remote controls-cable TV-Video on Demand-etc when we were growing up...<br><br>Thanks for sharing.<br><br>Chris<br><br><br>On 11/05/2011 08:34 AM, Mike King wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Tim Reimers <<a href="mailto:treimers@ashevillenc.gov" target="_blank">treimers@ashevillenc.gov</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You could buy one of these:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-METRO-TEL-CORP-TELEPHONE-LINE-TESTER-VOLT-METER-/190554686851?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5df1c583" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-METRO-TEL-CORP-TELEPHONE-LINE-TESTER-VOLT-METER-/190554686851?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5df1c583</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Or this:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>One of my first jobs was installing Low-voltage wiring, and the owner of the company was a Retired New England Telephone/NYNEX/ATT installer. (He retired in the Mid Eighties)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>That's the meter he carried.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>He could tell you how long a cable run was by "kicking" the cable. The meter had a battery, and would charge the cable, then flipping the switch would read the Ohms on it, he knew how many ohms equated how many feet. It was quite impressive then, especially since it had no electronics. <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>cisco-voip mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>