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- From: curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Adding a Second Phone Line
- Message-ID: <27210@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 20:12:46 GMT
- Article-I.D.: oasys.27210
- References: <Bx8C3s.C70@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov5.165850.23994@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>
- Reply-To: curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- >cathy@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Catherine T Vojtas) writes:
- >> I need to install a second line so I can have one for voice, one for data
- >> (can you guess why?) The installation charge for the labor of putting in
- >> a second phone line is a bit pricey, but the woman at Illinois Bell told
- >> me that I could do it myself if I knew how...
- >> Anyone know how this is done?
-
- In sci.electronics, rrh@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (richard.w.heebner) writes:
- >I think the person you talked with at Illinois Bell misunderstood
- >what you wanted. If you want to be able to use voice and data at
- >the same time there must be two separate phone lines coming into
- >the building.
-
- Richard, I think you misunderstood what the person that wrote the
- original aritcle wanted.
-
- >Some money can be saved by doing the
- >in-house wiring yourself.
-
- I think this is what he was asking. i.e., how do you do the in-house
- wiring.
-
- The basic concept is simple. The phone line has two wires. They will
- connect the wires to a block outside the house. You then have to connect
- those two wires to a phone (or modem) inside the house. How you do this
- depends on what type of wire you already have in the house and of course
- where you want it. The tricky part is trying to run the wire if you
- don't already have it installed in the walls. Most new homes these days
- have plenty of extra unsed phone lines already strung through the walls.
-
- You can find all the connectors and wire etc at Radio Shack or a hardware
- store, or phone store. You should also be able to find a cheap guide book
- at one of these places that will go into lots of details about how to do
- the work. If you have some more specific questions, write me.
-
- Curt
-