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From: mcpherson@rutlnd.DEC.COM (When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.)
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Subject: I would check further...
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> Date: 14 Mar 88 15:01:42 EST
> From: Seshashayee Murthy <MURTHY@ibm.com>
> Subject: Wiring in my house.
 
> New York Telephone says it owns the wiring in my house.  I charges me
> a rental of about $2.50 along with a fee of about 1.50 for fixing
> my lines if something is wrong.
 
    Huh?   Did NY Tel install the wiring for _you_ or the previous owner
    (if there was one)?   If they installed it for _you_ (I assume
    pre-divestiture install date) then yes, they own it w/o question.   If
    they installed it for a previous owner and you just "inherited" it,
    then they probably still own it. Other than that, I am not certain of
    the letter of the law here.
 
> What would they do if I said that I did not want their wiring in my
> house?  
> Would they cut their wiring, so as to make it unusable?  Has
> anybody gotten rid of the telephone company's charge without too much 
> trouble in rewiring?
 
    The wiring would be legally termed "abandoned" and past experience
    within  DEC says that YOU are liable for any removal chages, should you
    choose to discontinue service.
 
    If you discontinue service and elect to leave their wiring in place,
    then I _believe_ that you are verboten to use said wire for any
    purpose.    Also I am not certain where they would "cut" their wiring.
 
         /doug
 
         DISCLAIMER: The opinions expessed above reflect
         neither my employer's views, nor anything else for
         which I may be held responsible.  Any statement of
         fact in the above has a high probabilty of being
         incorrect. In fact, I never said anything. So
         there.   ;^)
 
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