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minus-squarejaschen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoMy 10 year old niece asked me what my RJ45 wall socket was while I was fixing her mom’s computer. “It’s for old telephones” She then asked me if I had an adapter for it so she could charge her phone. I almost died.
minus-squareNaoPb@eviltoast.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoCould work in theory. Back then there it had sonething like 40 volts going through the line and you needed some decent power to make the bell in the phone ring. But I don’t know if that’s still in use these days.
minus-squareredcalcium@lemmy.institutelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoSome mad lads actually did this:
minus-squareJohanno@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoWon’t work anymore. Our phone line is completely replaced with fiber. On the other hand i can’t remember any unwarned outages in the last 20 years.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoRj11/12 are for telephones, rj45 is for ethernet
minus-squarejaschen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoOops, yes. Thats what I meant. STILL died.
My 10 year old niece asked me what my RJ45 wall socket was while I was fixing her mom’s computer.
“It’s for old telephones”
She then asked me if I had an adapter for it so she could charge her phone.
I almost died.
Could work in theory. Back then there it had sonething like 40 volts going through the line and you needed some decent power to make the bell in the phone ring.
But I don’t know if that’s still in use these days.
Some mad lads actually did this:
Won’t work anymore. Our phone line is completely replaced with fiber. On the other hand i can’t remember any unwarned outages in the last 20 years.
Rj11/12 are for telephones, rj45 is for ethernet
Oops, yes. Thats what I meant. STILL died.
VoIP phone