Funny story.
Had to ring up a supplier to ask for some E1 baluns. Supplier tells me he doens’t have any of those in stock, he only has G703 baluns. I tell him that E1 baluns are what I need and we end the conversation, he says he’ll contact his supplier to see if he can get any for me.
I reiterate the details of the call to the telco. engineer that sits beside me and he laughs and tells me that E1 and G703 are basically the same thing (for our purposes). Oh how they laughed (at me).
Funny is relative.
Did they send you out for a glass hammer and some stripey paint as well ?
Ah, it wasn’t done intentionally, it just happend that neither I nor the chap on the phone knew the distinction and similarities between the terms. I’ve figured it out now.
I wouldn’t worry about it. I’ve done stupider.
Like there was this one time, when I was working in Maplins and this guy rang up asking did we stock CAT 5 cable. I told him no, we didn’t.
“We have ethernet cable and category5 unshielded twisted pair but no CAT5, no sir.”
aw man! that’s the funniest story ever!
e1 baluns! i mean, you couldn’t make it up.
i’m gonna be telling this one at parties for years.
It’s the way I tell ‘em.
*shits himself*
*cleans up, then pisses himself*