On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:38 AM, Michael Watterson <mike@radioway.org>wrote=
:

> About nominal 48V open circuit (Historically about 40V to 56V as it was
> 24 x 2V lead acid, (or 4 x 6v, or 2 x 12V) on float charge).
> Drops to about 9V when a phone is off hook, so I'd guess about 5mA?
>
> Er... Ringing voltage isn't pleasant.
>
> Most Telcos regard it as theft though.
>
>
It's okay. I consider them to be thieves as well.

If anything goes wrong, blame it on a faulty phone.

Haha.
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