Greetings:
I've just subscribed to Vonage and just hooked everything up. When I press a key to clear the dial-tone, the empty line has a bit of snowy, white-noise in the background. This isn't anything that sounds like electrical interference, and there's no 'hum' in the line actually. It's not 99% silent like my Verizon land-line is, but then again, that demarc is grounded, and my Vonage isn't.
Question: 1.)How can I tell which lead is Tip, and which is Ring, and which one, if either, can I connect to a good earth-ground?
If I'm still off in left field, can someone give me a pointer or two, on how to lessen the snowy white-noise on a empty line?
Alex