Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.modems:2953 misc.consumers:7331 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!ncar!noao!arizona!naucse!rwi From: rwi@naucse.UUCP (Robert Wier) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,misc.consumers Subject: Inside Telco wiring Message-ID: <1032@naucse.UUCP> Date: 15 Nov 88 00:58:47 GMT Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ Lines: 47 Subject: Re: Inside House Wiring Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,misc.consumer Summary: apartment wiring References: Recently, when I moved to an apartment due to a new job, I made arrangements to have a (single party, residential) phone line connected. I did this from out-of-state by calling the business office in the area code where I now reside. When I finally arrived at my apartment about 3 weeks later, I plugged in my phone, and guess what? No dial tone. I called repair, and they informed me that since I had turned down the $1/month (or whatever it was) inside wiring option when I had initially subscribed, that I would have to pay to have an technician come out to the apartment to figure out what was wrong. I contacted the apartment manager, but they were very vague about whose responsibility the wiring was. I pointed out that if it was my responsibility, then I'd feel no reluctance to rip out sheet rock to get at the defective wiring. They then informed me that they would talk to the telco, and when I went home from work the next day, the dial tone was on. Which leads me to this suggestion. When you first make arrangements to get a line, go for the inside wiring service option. Once the line is working satisfactorily, then drop the service. It seems to me that usually most problems occur on startup - and once things get going, they usually stay on. Thus, unless you are SURE the apartment is going to take responsibility for the wiring, it would be cheap insurance (for a buck or so, for one month) to make sure that things will work when plugged together. Especially when you consider you will have already paid $75 or so for someone at the central office to flip a switch. -Bob Wier at Flagstaff, Arizona Northern Arizona University College of Engineering *usual disclaimers* NAU Box 15600 ...arizona!naucse!rwi Flagstaff, Az. BITNET: WIER@NAUVAX 86011 602-523-2052 (note: Bitnet node NAUVAX may not be known yet to all stations) College Motto: "The highest level of engineering in the Southwest (7,000 feet)"