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From: gast@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (David Gast)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Inside Telco wiring
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Date: 16 Nov 88 02:40:24 GMT
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In article <1032@naucse.UUCP> rwi@naucse.UUCP (Robert Wier) writes:
>
> 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.

When I got my phone service in LA, I was told that the telephone company
will make sure that the line is working properly when connected regardless
of whether inside wiring is accepted. 

> 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. 

Depending on your phone company and your puc, this may not be such a
good idea.  At least in the GTE service area in which I live, it costs
$26.00 for a change like the one suggested above.


David Gast
gast@cs.ucla.edu
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