Telephone plug

As a phone jack or phone jack is colloquially the possible connection of a telephone, an answering machine or modem refers to the switching network as a phone plug the corresponding connector.

These connectors are different from country to country.

• For Germany and Luxembourg see telecommunication connection unit (TAE; earlier rolling plug, ZB 50, VDo, ADo 4, 5 and ADo ADo 8)
• For Austria, see telephone socket ( Austria ) (TDO; earlier rolling plug and ADo 8)
• For Switzerland and Liechtenstein see Reichle- plug ( TT83, TT87, TT89, formerly TT- 4-pin plug )
• For France, see F- 010 port
• For Italy see three terminal connection ( traditional) and Western plugs RJ -XX
• For Sweden, see SS 455 15 50 standard
• For the United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong and New Zealand see 431A, 631A and BS 6312
• U.S. standard ( also being used increasingly in Europe, eg ISDN): Western plugs RJ -XX
• For Brazil, see TELEBRAS -Dose
• For South Africa, see Protea port
• For Australia, see 610 connector
• For the CIS countries see Телефонные розетки (Russian)

For adjustments of the different systems, see

History

Until the 1980s, the German Federal Post Office Telephones joined not by plug and socket, but there was a wall jack to which the connection cable was screwed. For every change had to an official of the post come and push the screwdriver. The phones were not to buy on the open market, but were all owned by the Federal Post.