CW
Please accept my apologies if you haven't, but I think you're a bit confused there. An RJ11 connector is not a BT phone connector, it's a small square connector with 4 contacts (the BT socket can accomodate up to 6, even though most installations only use 4, and most phones only 2). The RJ45 is a bigger version of the RJ11 with 8 contacts, which is often used for network connections. I've never seen a modem use an RJ45 for the phone line connection.
It was still On Digital when OnMail was killed off - they introduced OnNet which had it's own separate box and which incorporated a much improved email system, making the old OnMail redundant, even though it did continue to function in 2002.
The phone connection was also used as a return path for OnRequest PPV ordering, and continued to be used for this purpose when it became ITV Select.
Incidentally, the OnDigital boxes have a 9.6Kbps modem, which is sufficient for it's intended use. Yet Sky Digiboxes, which use the phone connection for pretty much the same use have a 28.8Kbps modem (at least that was the original specification - I presume the newer boxes now use a 56K modem since they're readily available and so would be cheaper). I wonder if this was because Sky originally intended to have internet access available and so provided a faster modem for this purpose (28.8 and 33.6 modems were still in common use for internet access back in 1998)
cwathen
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Just because it's a certain size doesn't necessarily define its function. Many modem connections do indeed have an RJ11 plug for connecting at the wall socket and an RJ45 plug to connect to the modem. However, that still doesn't answer your question.
Please accept my apologies if you haven't, but I think you're a bit confused there. An RJ11 connector is not a BT phone connector, it's a small square connector with 4 contacts (the BT socket can accomodate up to 6, even though most installations only use 4, and most phones only 2). The RJ45 is a bigger version of the RJ11 with 8 contacts, which is often used for network connections. I've never seen a modem use an RJ45 for the phone line connection.
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Yeh, the old OnDigital boxes had RJ11 modem connections for the OnMail (set top box e-mail) service that they used to
provide before ITV came along a took it over with the disasterous ITV Digital and financially bulldozed the whole thing!
provide before ITV came along a took it over with the disasterous ITV Digital and financially bulldozed the whole thing!
It was still On Digital when OnMail was killed off - they introduced OnNet which had it's own separate box and which incorporated a much improved email system, making the old OnMail redundant, even though it did continue to function in 2002.
The phone connection was also used as a return path for OnRequest PPV ordering, and continued to be used for this purpose when it became ITV Select.
Incidentally, the OnDigital boxes have a 9.6Kbps modem, which is sufficient for it's intended use. Yet Sky Digiboxes, which use the phone connection for pretty much the same use have a 28.8Kbps modem (at least that was the original specification - I presume the newer boxes now use a 56K modem since they're readily available and so would be cheaper). I wonder if this was because Sky originally intended to have internet access available and so provided a faster modem for this purpose (28.8 and 33.6 modems were still in common use for internet access back in 1998)