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From: davidsen@steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Wiring in my house.
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Date: 21 Mar 88 15:29:28 GMT
References: <031488.150144.murthy@ibm.com>
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In article <031488.150144.murthy@ibm.com> MURTHY@IBM.COM (Seshashayee Murthy) writes:
>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?

  I know several people who have done this. The result is that it
depends on the service person to some extent. They will cut some wire.
They will install an isolator ($50-150 depending on your area). The only
person who had serious trouble was one who was mad at the phone company
and took it out on the installer. Big mistake. Every vertage of surface
wiring was removed, and all the wiring in the walls was either pulled
out or cut flush with a wall or floor. If you paint over wiring it looks
really bad to rip the wiring out.

  In general you will only have to pay a one time fee and run 2-4 feet
of wire. If you phone company or installer is feeling obnoxious you can
spend several days redoing the wiring and trying to match paint.
-- 
	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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