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Phone wiring thumor 09-24-2007
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Posted by thumor on September 24, 2007, 2:52 pm
Recently bought house. Phone jacks in almost every room.
Ordered new connection from Verizon. Works only in one room.
They say previous owners had atleast 3 lines. They had it wired that
way.
Asking for 95 for first line, and about 50 for each additional line to
rewire!!!!

Anybody else encountered this before?
Any solution / work around except wiring myself from inside using one-
to-many jacks
available in stores?

Thanks.


Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on September 24, 2007, 2:58 pm

> Recently bought house. Phone jacks in almost every room.
> Ordered new connection from Verizon. Works only in one room.
> They say previous owners had atleast 3 lines. They had it wired that
> way.
> Asking for 95 for first line, and about 50 for each additional line to
> rewire!!!!
>
> Anybody else encountered this before?
> Any solution / work around except wiring myself from inside using one-
> to-many jacks
> available in stores?

What did Verizon connect to? Did they install a new jack that you are
connected to? There may be another connection for the existing wiring so
that all the connections work.

If you can find a local phone service, you can probably get it done much
cheaper than the phone company. In my case, thee is a guy that is retired
from the phone company that does that sort of thing part time.

It is possible hte last owner had a cable connection too and negated the
existing wiring tot he outside box.



Posted by Meat Plow on September 24, 2007, 2:59 pm
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:52:06 +0000, thumor wrote:

> Recently bought house. Phone jacks in almost every room.
> Ordered new connection from Verizon. Works only in one room.
> They say previous owners had atleast 3 lines. They had it wired that
> way.
> Asking for 95 for first line, and about 50 for each additional line to
> rewire!!!!
>
> Anybody else encountered this before?
> Any solution / work around except wiring myself from inside using one-
> to-many jacks
> available in stores?
>

Read a little and fix it yourself. Here's a start:

http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/phone_wiring.html


Posted by Caesar Romano on September 24, 2007, 3:03 pm
wrote Re Phone wiring:

>Recently bought house. Phone jacks in almost every room.
>Ordered new connection from Verizon. Works only in one room.
>They say previous owners had atleast 3 lines. They had it wired that
>way.
>Asking for 95 for first line, and about 50 for each additional line to
>rewire!!!!
>
>Anybody else encountered this before?
>Any solution / work around except wiring myself from inside using one-
>to-many jacks
>available in stores?
>
>Thanks.

How about one of those 4-handset wireless phones. Plug the base into
the desired wall outlet and spread the other three handsets wherever.
Like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Vtech-i6787-Cordless-Didgital-Answering/dp/B000RE1J68

Posted by DerbyDad03 on October 9, 2007, 5:55 pm
> wrote Re Phone wiring:
>
> >Recently bought house. Phone jacks in almost every room.
> >Ordered new connection from Verizon. Works only in one room.
> >They say previous owners had atleast 3 lines. They had it wired that
> >way.
> >Asking for 95 for first line, and about 50 for each additional line to
> >rewire!!!!
>
> >Anybody else encountered this before?
> >Any solution / work around except wiring myself from inside using one-
> >to-many jacks
> >available in stores?
>
> >Thanks.
>
> How about one of those 4-handset wireless phones. Plug the base into
> the desired wall outlet and spread the other three handsets wherever.
> Like
this:http://www.amazon.com/Vtech-i6787-Cordless-Didgital-Answering/dp/B000...

-- Like this:http://www.amazon.com/Vtech-i6787-Cordless-Didgital-
Answering/dp/B000...

Do Not Buy This Phone Set!!

Seriously - It's haunted or something. I bought that exact set at
BJ's. I put the answering machine in the kitchen, a charger/handset in
my bedroom and a charger/handset in each of the teenager's rooms.

Within hours, all 4 handsets ended up in the teenager's rooms.
Sometimes all 4 handsets end up in one room. I'll go collect them,
put them back in their chargers, and within hours all 4 handsets end
up in the teenager's room, sometimes all 4 handsets in one room. It
never stops. I swear it happens even when the teenagers aren't home.

It must be the handsets.


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