You just took a government job and have been tasked with replacing some cabling for the Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) lines in a very old building. Which type of connector should you bring to terminate the replacement cables?
POTS lines use the RJ-11 modular connector (6-position, typically with two or four contacts). RJ-11 is designed for analog voice service and is narrower than the 8-position modular plugs commonly referred to as RJ-45 that are used for Ethernet data.
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