Telephone socket

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TAE socket from Germany
American RJ-XX connection

A telephone socket or telephone socket is the colloquial term for the connection of a telephone , an answering machine or modem to the switching network, and the associated plug as a telephone plug .

National telephone connector systems

country Connector system
Australia 610 connector
Brazil Telebrás -Dose
Germany Telecommunications connection unit (TAE) earlier roller connector , ZB 50 , VDo , ADo 4 , ADo 5, ADo 8 and ADo 16
France F-010 connector
CIS countries Телефонные розетки Telephone sockets
Hong Kong 431A , 631A and BS 6312
Israel 431A , 631A and BS 6312
Italy Three-pole connection (traditional) and RJ-XX Western plug
Liechtenstein Reichle connector (TT83, TT87, TT89) formerly TT connector 4-pin
Cyprus 431A , 631A and BS 6312
Austria Telephone socket (Austria) (TDO) earlier roller connector and ADo 8
Sweden SS 455 15 50 standard
Switzerland Reichle connector (TT83, TT87, TT89) formerly TT connector 4-pin
South Africa Protea connector
United Kingdom 431A , 631A and BS 6312
United States RJ-XX western plug increasingly used in Europe , e.g. B. with ISDN
Cyprus 431A , 631A and BS 6312

For adaptations of the different systems see

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history

Germany

Until the 1980s, the Deutsche Bundespost did not connect telephones with freely accessible plugs, but there was a junction box to which the telephone connection cable was screwed. Any change could only be made by a Bundespost technician. The telephones were not available in free trade, but were the property of the Federal Post Office.

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