As for connecting analog to digital... Well, I'd heard 
of PBX phone systems, of course. But I would have 
assumed there'd be some distinction, some marking or 
other indication. There were none.

And...the wiring and plugs were exactly the same, just 
exactly as at another plant owned by the same company 
where I've plugged my modems in for several years.

For what it's worth, I've an AAS degree in Electronics: 
GPA 3.96 no less. And I've twenty years experience in 
the field. Always it had been the case that incompatible 
systems could not be physically plugged together with 
identical connectors. There would be a re-arrangement of 
pins, or a prong, or some such obsticle to prevent any 
but a total goon from making so easy of a mistake.

I told my boss, who immediately remarked that his own 
modem had similary taken a hike. Which was the point of 
my prior alert. You can't necessarily tell a PBX digital 
system from an analog line. There are no markings. 
There is no sign. No difference in the plugs and jacks. 
You have to ask, is all.

Was hoping to save someone else from having to shell 
out a hundred bucks.

Whiningly yours,

Gan

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