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Often used to mean a telephone line used solely for your computer modem or fax machine, and not used for voice calls--although it technically could be.
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Dedicated Line - On 20 Dec 2003 20:22:47 -0800, chrissv@yahoo.com (Steven Christensen)wrote: Hi all, I am considering dropping my land-line service and moving to an all-cell approach. But I have no clue how much time my wife and I spend on the (local) phone. Is there a device I could hook up to simply measure the amount of time the phone is off-hook? I am an EE, so I could put something together, but I worry about affecting the quality of the phone line (in a bad way).Photocell on the cradle. When the handset is removed, it generatesenough current to toggle a power transistor, which passes 1.5v to aAA-powered analog travel clock. Handset back on cradle, current stops,clock stops. Need one device for each instrument in your home.Could also use a microswitch which would eliminate the photocell,power transistor and associated support circuitry, but then it has tomake physical contact with the handset.Nobody but a fool goes into a federal counterrorism operation withoutduct tape - Richard Preston, THE COBRA EVENT.
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