Deloptes  wrote:
> Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>
> > When I had FTTH installed here the first thing they did (after
> > erecting a couple of poles) was run copper to the house with a POTS
> > service on it, then a week or so later another crew turned up and
> > installed the fibre. The POTS service is active but never used. It would
> > make a lot more sense if the fibre termination was powered by the 50V on
> > the POTS line but it's powered by being plugged into the mains.
>
> May be I am understanding something different under POTS than you guys.
>
> Plain old telephone service, or plain ordinary telephone system, is a
> retronym for voice-grade telephone service employing analog signal
> transmission over copper loops (Wikipedia)
>
> Notice "analog signal".
> Even if you have copper the last 50m or 3km - it does not mean it is POTS on
> it.

Since the phone hanging on the end it still an analogue device
requiring 50v DC to ring then the last section *is* still POTS.
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Chris Green
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