a modest proposal...

[Troy Sheets]

plugs and jacks are designed to have a particular number of insertions/removals
in their lifetimes.  Generally, telephone jacks are designed with a 
very low number of insertions/removals becuase you generally are not patching
phone stuff that much (plug it in, leave it in).

The first thing that would go, I imagine, is that little plastic tab on
the plug that snaps down to lock it in the jack.

-troy


> 
> With the discussion about favorite patching technologies ( 1/4, 1/8,
> banana, etc... )
> 
> It just occurred to me that telephone jacks might be viable. 
> 
> They are cheap ( the plugs are about $0.20 and the jacks are about $0.75
> to $1.20 )
> The crimping tool makes it really easy to make cords of any length
> With the multiple conductors, balanced pairs are easy to do
> They support up to 8 lines
> Color coded jacks and plugs are available
> 

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