In article m,
wrote:
It's common practice in England to ring a telephone by signaling extra
voltage across one side of the two wire circuit and ground (earth in
England).

No it's not - and hasn't been for many many years. Such devices were known
as party lines.

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*Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies *

Dave Plowman London SW
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