[Tfug] Dilemma: Qwest or Comcast?

[Don Freeman]

If all you are doing is creating a new extension to a single line I believe
you can daisy chain from one jack to another. I have done it several times
in my home. However, ideally you would trace back to the junction block and
wire the 2 jacks in parallel. The thing you want to avoid is running too
many ringer circuits over the same tiny wire. This is probably more of a
problem with older phones that drew more current than today's electronic
units. Just make sure you get the colors right.



-----Original Message-----
From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of Matt
Jacob
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 2:32 PM
To: Tucson Free Unix Group
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Dilemma: Qwest or Comcast?

Ugh.

Now I'm really getting the runaround from both sides. My apartment
management says it's Qwest's problem, and Qwest says it's their problem. 
How hard/possible would it be for me to cut out the middlemen and personally
wire the two jacks together? I have some ethernet wiring experience
(punchdowns, crimping cables, etc.), but I'm not an expert by any means.

Is phone wiring that much different? I mean, we're dealing with one pair of
wires instead of several pairs, right? How hard could it be?

M

Matt Jacob wrote:
> The running saga continues. I called up Qwest again today to clarify 
> the terms of the service visit, and I spoke to someone more 
> knowledgeable who said it's actually management's (of my apartment 
> complex) responsibility to wire the two jacks together. The new guy at 
> Qwest said the second line wasn't showing up for him, which means it's 
> probably not connected to anything.
> 
> Can anyone familiar with telco stuff confirm this? I see the wire 
> coming out of my apartment at the point where the wall jack in the 
> office is, but now what? Is the burden on management to switch over 
> the wiring pair in the switch box? Obviously, inside wiring is their 
> responsibility, but I thought Qwest owns the switching equipment at 
> the complex and not the other way around.
> 
> Ideally, both jacks would be wired together for the same line and 
> everything would play together harmoniously. Should I submit a 
> maintenance request to make it happen, or will they think I'm crazy?
> 
> Matt


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