Herbert Graf wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 11:10 -0500, Mark E. Skeels wrote:
>   
>> Here's another question:
>>
>> Does a DSL modem take the phone line "off hook?" (I doubt it..)
>>     
>
> Nope, it has no mechanism to take a phone line "off hook".
>
>   
OTOH afaict the DSL side of a "DSL splitter" just wires straight through 
to the line so if there was a fault in the DSL modem it could well end 
up unintentionally taking the line off hook or even pulse dialing.
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