Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!elroy!gryphon!vector!nobody From: ucla-an!denwa!jimmy@vector.uucp (Jim Gottlieb) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Inside House Wiring Message-ID: Date: 12 Nov 88 20:21:00 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 22 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 179, message 2 In article , Robert Gutierrez writes: > That I find hard to believe. As far as I know, most apartment bldgs are > are prewired with 12 or 25 pair multiconductor. This was true back in the good old days when the local telco did the pre-wire. Unfortunately, it is now up to the builder to provide the telephone wiring in the building. And since most builders just see this as one more expense, they often do it as cheaply as possible. What do THEY care if they only put one or two pairs to each apartment. I've even seen buildings using jumper wire. I don't know what we can do about this problem. I find it increasingly difficult to locate an apartment with decent wiring. ANY building built within the last five years is out of the question. Most of these have two pairs and no crawl space or other way to run anything more. I hope it comes back to haunt them (the builders) when more people like me won't rent their apartments because of a lack of wiring. -- Jim G. E-Mail: or ^^^^^^ V-Mail: (213) 551-7702 Fax: 478-3060 The-Real-Me: 824-5454