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Here are some ideas you could try: What do I mean when I say that?

Here are some ideas you could try: What do I mean when I say that?

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benice45
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08-07-2026, 02:51 PM
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Here are some old phone cables from a warehouse. They look like they might have been used with old telephone lines and are connected in rows, but I don't know how they got there or what things they fit into. The cable looks lost. If you have any info on this, please tell me so I can put it down here properly for my records. Thanks. (If this post is not in the right place, move it to a better spot)
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benice45
08-07-2026, 02:51 PM #1

Here are some old phone cables from a warehouse. They look like they might have been used with old telephone lines and are connected in rows, but I don't know how they got there or what things they fit into. The cable looks lost. If you have any info on this, please tell me so I can put it down here properly for my records. Thanks. (If this post is not in the right place, move it to a better spot)

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Aethyran
Junior Member
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08-07-2026, 04:37 PM
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That hosting website was super slow, so I just looked at some pictures instead. The first ones I saw are 25 pairs of phone cables. Some say they were vb357 models and came back to Siemens. Siemens used to make a lot of PBX systems, so maybe all those cables were just used for that stuff. Almost everything has turned into VoIP and uses data network cables now, which means this old stuff is probably only worth recycling. But still, some government offices have a bunch of old analog phone systems around.
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Aethyran
08-07-2026, 04:37 PM #2

That hosting website was super slow, so I just looked at some pictures instead. The first ones I saw are 25 pairs of phone cables. Some say they were vb357 models and came back to Siemens. Siemens used to make a lot of PBX systems, so maybe all those cables were just used for that stuff. Almost everything has turned into VoIP and uses data network cables now, which means this old stuff is probably only worth recycling. But still, some government offices have a bunch of old analog phone systems around.

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TheGamingWiz
Member
185
08-10-2026, 05:23 PM
#3
That hosting site is way too slow, so I just took pictures instead. The first ones are 25 pairs of phone wires. Those labeled vb357 probably go to Siemens, who made a lot of PBX systems before. So I guess all those cables were used for that kind of stuff. Most PBXs now use VoIP and talk over data networks, so most of this is just trash waiting to be recycled. But wait, government offices still have tons of old analog phone systems left behind.
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TheGamingWiz
08-10-2026, 05:23 PM #3

That hosting site is way too slow, so I just took pictures instead. The first ones are 25 pairs of phone wires. Those labeled vb357 probably go to Siemens, who made a lot of PBX systems before. So I guess all those cables were used for that kind of stuff. Most PBXs now use VoIP and talk over data networks, so most of this is just trash waiting to be recycled. But wait, government offices still have tons of old analog phone systems left behind.

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Gillious
Member
166
08-10-2026, 09:29 PM
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Here is an old PBX phone cable. Today, it can't be used for anything. You could probably get some money from selling the copper inside, but everything else is useless now.
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Gillious
08-10-2026, 09:29 PM #4

Here is an old PBX phone cable. Today, it can't be used for anything. You could probably get some money from selling the copper inside, but everything else is useless now.