Olin Lathrop wrote:

> For the record, I think RJ-12 was a reasonable choice.  It is quick to
> connect and disconnect, locks with a positive feel, can't be plugged in
> backwards, cheap, and widely available.  These connectors have proven to
> work well in nearly 30 years of telephone use.

I don't like that they have this latch exposed. When pushing such a cable
through a bunch of cables, the latches very easily hook up with other
cables and either break or the plug has to be carefully removed from that
location. I also don't think they are particularly good in making contact
when used a lot, and the typical cables available for these plugs don't
work well for a development environment. Neither is very important in
typical telephone use, but that's not really what they are being used for
here.

IIRC, they were first designed for use internal to equipment, but then
became a de-facto consumer telephony standard -- not by design, more by
chance. (No sources, so don't quote me on that :)

Gerhard

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