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1469775 2020-06-22 05:26:00 Hi,

My Mum got a deal with a company for our power bill and internet including fibre.
Before, we were with Spark and our connection was using their modem + fibre and RJ11.

Today, there was an issue with the telephone, and I only found this out when we were told from that company that our telephone had to have a VOIP. Lucky, we came across someone from Harvey Norman who suggested that all we need was an RJ12 cable. Yes he was correct and this solved the problem.

My question is, are RJ12 connections the future now seeing our telephone line in our home (RJ11) will no longer be usable with our fibre package?. Do you think it is wise to install a complete new RJ12 cable and keep the RJ11 set up or remove it out completely?

Did not know that RJ12 existed until now.
Cheers.
undiejuice (16495)
1469776 2020-06-22 05:30:00 Voip does not use the old copper jackpoints.....however, you can have the Chorus tech rewire your old jackpoints back to the fibre ont, and this would allow you to use them as you did before.

Secondly, CHECK power costs, the unit price vs your old unit price. It isn't always a good deal, bundling. Or even the fibre cost....
piroska (17583)
1469777 2020-06-23 00:43:00 The fiber phone jack is an RJ11. The term RJ11 and 12 are interchangeable in this country as it only applies to wiring standards in the US. paulw (1826)
1469778 2020-06-24 21:23:00 Thanks. I don't need the VOIP anymore; our internet plan is with Vodafone and our power bill is with another power company. undiejuice (16495)
1469779 2020-06-24 21:25:00 The fiber phone jack is an RJ11. The term RJ11 and 12 are interchangeable in this country as it only applies to wiring standards in the US.

Okay. Why is it that when I bought a brand new RJ11 cable it didn't work, yet with the RJ12 it did? Do you think this has to do with the number of wires and can I get away by using an cat5e ethernet cable ?
Cheers
undiejuice (16495)
1469780 2020-06-24 22:29:00 Not all cables have all of the wires and sometimes not even all of the pinn, and different things use different pins. Phone usually works though, pretty sure it's just the middle two. dugimodo (138)
1469781 2020-06-24 23:17:00 Okay. Why is it that when I bought a brand new RJ11 cable it didn't work, yet with the RJ12 it did? Do you think this has to do with the number of wires and can I get away by using an cat5e ethernet cable ?
CheersHave a read of the following it describes what the differences are RJ 11 and RJ 12 (www.differencebetween.net ,is%20a%206P6C%20wiring%20standard.&text=RJ11%20is%20a%206P4C%20wiring,slots%20are%20n o%20longer%20used.)
wainuitech (129)
1469782 2020-06-24 23:46:00 www.differencebetween.net ,is%20a%206P6C%20wiring%20standard.&text=RJ11%20is%20a%206P4C%20wiring,slots%20are%20n o%20longer%20used.

Forget your link Wainui? this one is fairly good.
dugimodo (138)
1469783 2020-06-25 09:55:00 www.differencebetween.net ,is%20a%206P6C%20wiring%20standard.&text=RJ11%20is%20a%206P4C%20wiring,slots%20are%20n o%20longer%20used.

Forget your link Wainui? this one is fairly good.

Good information. The key phone systems Tha I worked on in the early 90s used RJ45 format jack but wired in telephony for a not data. Modern keyphones systems from the late 90s used two wire Jacks center pin of RJ11 or RJ45.
paulw (1826)
1469784 2020-06-25 10:17:00 www.differencebetween.net ,is%20a%206P6C%20wiring%20standard.&text=RJ11%20is%20a%206P4C%20wiring,slots%20are%20n o%20longer%20used.

Forget your link Wainui? this one is fairly good. NOPE the link is the blue RJ 11 and RJ 12, click them and the site will open. :)

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wainuitech (129)
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