On April 11, 2012 at 02:38, Ernie Gilman said...
Right, but this error doesn't expose equipment to phone battery and ring tone, while the other approach does. So in terms of errors, it's better to have a situation where a non-damaging error can occur.
Now there is an interesting question. With the advent of POE these RJ45 jacks can have a good deal of power on them.
Wonder how that would affect phones that were plugged in?