Adding phone line
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stickboy1375
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- Litchfield, CT
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Brady Electric
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- Asheville, N. C.
Adding a phone line
Adding a phone line
Stickboy that was good. I started to give him some directions but this is the best and simplest was to do it. Semper Fi. Buddy
Adding a phone line
Stickboy that was good. I started to give him some directions but this is the best and simplest was to do it. Semper Fi. Buddy
stickboy1375
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- Litchfield, CT
I try to talk everybody into this...
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
Phone lines/jacks are one of the easiest ways to make money. If your simply extending an existing line, run a piece of Cat 3 from the nearest existing location. Terminate the new cable to the existing jack going color to color. Do the same on the other end for the new jack.
Thanks for the serious answer Trevor. I guess what I was really wanting to know is: Should I come from the nearest jack or from the service entry. You answered that one. Now; I am guessing it is difficult to fish a new CAT5 into an existing box to makeup the daisy chain. Any suggestions on that?
thanks again
thanks again
petersonra
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- Northern illinois
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- engineer
elvis_931 said:
Who has dial up internet these days anyway?
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
I'd run to whatever has the easiest access, whether it's the NID or another phone outlet. Also, look both overhead and below.elvis_931 said:
zbang
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Quickest is to run from the closest/most accessable jack, best is a home run to the NI/protector, wherever that is (someone will thank you later, daisychaining phone hacks is a royal PITA for changes). At a minimum, use 4-pair CAT3 cable and decent hardware (leviton, ortronics, etc), not cheapest-at-big-orange hardware. There are quite a few websites that will tell you all about phone wiring.
Under no circumstances use 4-wire red/green/black/yellow cable, aka "JK" or "junk". The wires aren't paired.
Remember, they're plenty of hacks out there doing phone wiring, don't be one of them.
Under no circumstances use 4-wire red/green/black/yellow cable, aka "JK" or "junk". The wires aren't paired.
Remember, they're plenty of hacks out there doing phone wiring, don't be one of them.
stickboy1375
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- Litchfield, CT
elvis_931 said:
Who uses DSL ? and whats wrong with wireless? And just my 2cents, daisy chaining in this day of age is bull****... And you never said it was for a computer, just a phone line...
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stickboy1375 said:
I do and I am very happy with it.
stickboy1375
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iwire said:I do and I am very happy with it.
Sorry to hear that Bob, at least your a step ahead of George...
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
Actually FIOS is the only way to go.
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- Massachusetts
infinity said:
What are you guys doing that you need that much?
Anyway I am happy with the service for the price.
mdshunk
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- Right here.
It's sorta like hard drive space, or garage space. You might not need a bigger one, but you'll figure out a way to fill it up. Same with your connection speed. You might be okay with what you have, but when you get a hotter connection, you'll figure out ways to utilize it, and spoil yourself.iwire said:
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mdshunk said:
Never filled a hard drive either, I clean out what I don't use.
Now garage space.....that is always beyond full.
I never mentioned needing the phone line for a computer because that info is irrelavent. The customer wants to add a phone jack in a bedroom; I do not really care why. If he is paying for it, he can do what he wants to with it. My question was not: Why do you think they want a phone line added for?, or whats better: dial-up or DSL?
I've done plenty of add-a-jacks and almost always tapped the line at the most convenient point, whether that be the NI, a live run of station wire, or another jack. The latter being the least frequent type of tap, followed by the NI.elvis_931 said:
To tap a live line use Scotchlok or Ideal UR2 or UB2 connectors or their equivalent.
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