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From: ejnihill@sactoh0.UUCP (Eric J. Nihill)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Inside Telco wiring
Summary: Who's problem?
Message-ID: <564@sactoh0.UUCP>
Date: 23 Nov 88 16:54:10 GMT
References: <1032@naucse.UUCP> <24447@sri-unix.SRI.COM> <8678@mhuxu.UUCP> <24635@sri-unix.SRI.COM>
Organization: Sacramento Public Access, Ca. USA
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In article <24635@sri-unix.SRI.COM>, maslak@unix.SRI.COM (Valerie Maslak) writes:
> How can this person, who has never lived in this apartment,
> be liable for the operability of the building's phone lines???
> 
> The money I pay every month is for the MAINTENANCE
> of the lines. But they sure as shootin had them operating 
> right to begin with.
> If it's not the phone company's problem (which I think it is),
> then it's the landlord's problem. It's sure not his!
> 
> Valerie Maslak

  Under the new "Judge Greene" phone company rules, the inside wiring
is not the local Telco problem. Consider it like your electricity. The
Telco will make it good to the interface point ( their fuse box ) and
from there on, it is your problem. Who would be responsible if one of
your AC wall oulets went bad? Most major Power companys will come in
to your house and maintain/fix your inside wiring for your electricity.
But you will pay. You can subscribe to a maintainance plan from your
local Telco in most areas ( except here, they don't want it! Roseville
Telco) and they will maintain the inside wires for the length of the 
contract. Once you move out, they will no longer maintain the wires
unless the new subscriber so desires.
  All this seems to be the result of the late 60's and 70's era when
it was fashionable to mount crusades against major Corporations in
order to take some of their control away and put it back in the hands
of the people. But, with the control, came the responsibility. 
  True, you can now buy a phone anywhere you like (just like a lamp), you
can now install as many outlets as you like ( just like AC outlets ),
and if it goes bad inside the house, it's your problem (just like the
AC outlets). 
  Trying to explain this to cost cutting landlord may be another
story. Maybe even a title to a book!:-)
                                           Good-luck;
                                                    Eric
P.S. Yes, I am slightly biased. I worked as a Telco repairman in the
     60's-70's and use to continually hear complaints about how big
     the Company was, what a monopoly it was, and how anyone should
     be able to run their own wires and buy their own phones.

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