[Gllug] ADSL on BT phone wires

[Russell Howe]

On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 05:44:34AM +0100, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 Aug 2006 17:05, Russell Howe wrote:
> 
> > Does that mean it matters not whether the A wire from the exchange is
> > wired to terminal 2 or 5, and similarly for the B wire?
> 
> The polarity of the incoming pair (from the street) doesn't matter at all.  
> There is supposed to be a "right" way 'round, but if you examine 20 BT 
> installations, you'll find roughly 10 one way, and 10 the other!

Glad to hear it (no need to bother pulling those master sockets apart
which I wired up :)

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