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How do I replace original telephone jack with a new one?
I have what appears to be an original telephone jack from the 1980's that I wanted to replace with a white face to freshen it up.
When I opened the back, I found that the wires are directly attached ...
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UK telephone wiring for smart doorbell? Is it strong rated enough?
I've just bought a reolink wifi doorbell, which says you can use the previous doorbell wiring to connect it up, so long as it's got the right voltage.
I'm pretty sure mine currently doesn't as the ...
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Am I OK cutting an unused cable TV incoming service cable attached to my house?
I have some tree limbs I need to cut but there is a wire under it going to a house I own and will eventually demolish. I think the wire is for internet. I called the local company to get it removed, ...
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Why do phone and cables companies leave their cables behind, and what to do about it?
Lately while walking the dogs I've noticed a lot of unused cable dangling down from the (quaint) phone poles all around our town. As far as I can tell from both its position on the pole and the ...
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Wiring Ethernet through Telephone Cable
I have been researching this for some time now and feel that I am almost ready to begin. I have run into a slight problem though that I can't seem to find any answers for. The telephone cables in my ...
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Unknown Phone Cable to Internet
My home is old (like over 20 years), and we just renovate it last years. Later on, I started to use another part of my home, and that part wasn't touched for a long time (not during the renovation). I ...
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Can anyone suggest how to connect a CAT6 cable to the incoming 5 pair telephone cable?
The below image displays the incoming cable from the telephone provider. As far as I have searched it's a 5-pair telephone cable.
I was suggested by the telephone company to replace the current ...
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Can I repurpose this RJ45 setup for phone to run as Ethernet?
So my home is wired with what I thought looked like Ethernet ports. After trial of plugging in my computer and seeing that the ports weren't working as Ethernet cables, I dug deeper.
The wires that ...
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How can I run voice over existing coaxial cable?
I've been doing home improvement projects for a while and one thing that I've made use of the most is taking advantage of existing cabling in the walls that isn't being used. The project that did this ...
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Repurpose telephone line to ethernet
I have a (UK) telephone socket in the same corner of each of the three floors in my house. My broadband router is connected to the socket on the bottom floor.
The wiring looks like the following:
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Re-wire Cat5e RJ11 jacks to RJ45 ethernet
I just moved into a new (to me, but built in 2008) condo and am assessing the telecom situation. I'd like to get Ethernet connectivity to as much of the unit as possible, for wireless range extenders (...
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How is telephone distributed in a home?
I know in modern commercial buildings, "phone" jacks are wired like data with CAT5e (or higher) cabling to a patch panel on a 19" rack. How does it work in small home with POTS?
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What's this wiring contraption in my closet?
I recently moved into an old apartment and found this contraption in a closet, with wiring going in different directions around the door frame. Some of the wires are cut in places mid-wall and have ...
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Is it ok if I pass through a RJ11 (Phone line) cable outside and leave it while it is raining?
I'm stupid and paranoid 😂 but just to make sure, is it safe to leave a phone lines (rj11 I think) outside while raining, the front and end BIT is inside the house (forgot what it's called, the bit ...
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What is the best wire (material, construction and gauge) for a 30 meter wire telephone? [closed]
I am asking about constructing a non-electric telephone made of two thin plastic cups (these seem to resonate the best) and wire between them to exchange secret messages with my neighbor across the ...
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What is the easiest way to run telephone cable between floors without fishing them through the walls?
We have a telephone system in a room downstairs with two jacks in it; one of them is connected to a phone in that room.
I am hoping to get a rotary phone installed in a room upstairs. I am in the ...
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how to split phone line for internet without using a splitter?
ISP sent a technician to fix dropout issues, he split the phone line wires into two, one taped into the bare wire end of a normal splitter, the other into an unused bare end of phone cable, and then ...
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Are there any disadvantages to switching from a punch-down distribution box to an RJ-45 one?
My house is wired for Ethernet, and it uses RJ45 jacks wired with Cat5 cables for POTS. I have no use for POTS, and I'd prefer to repurpose those jacks as additional Ethernet jacks. The Ethernet and ...
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Why isn't my telephone socket working fully after installation?
The main telephone socket is giving me less internet speeds than the extension outlets. 30% less. Upload speed not affected.
This is after replacing with new socket/new outlet, I never used the old ...
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What is this mystery component
My father and I have been re-wiring our home's telephone lines, and in doing so, we found these components attached to loose wires.
They are both labelled "3M". One says "C22" and the other says "...
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Phone line part identification
I'm trying to determine the name and function of the part in the attached picture. I'm in the process of fixing dead phone jacks in my house and I've come across two of these so far. They look like ...
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How should I hook up this phone jack?
By accident I pulled the little outlet out of the wall and the wires came out. I remember the electric guy once did it, and put only these 2 wires in, but somehow i'm not getting any phone signal...
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Networking Phones Together in Building
I have a number siemens optipoint 500 economy phones.
They have been used in an office environment in which the networking of the phones were managed by a third party. I would now like to use them in ...
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How to prepare for a home service call from my DSL provider?
My DSL internet connection has been very unreliable and slow recently. I called my service provider this morning and they told me that they will be sending someone to my home this weekend to fix it.
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Can I wire an extension into a Party line phone?
We have a 2 party line phone in a rural area in Canada. But we are the only party. Thus we get a cheaper rate and do not have to share. Win!
However, we have only the old pulse phone with ...
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How can I make use of this non-standard network cabinet in my garage?
I have a network cabinet in my garage, but I've discovered that it seems to be a non-standard size, and I can't find anything to fit it.
It looks to have been installed by the previous owners for ...
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How to wire modern telephone extension?
A telephone extension cable has been pulled from its socket. How do you rewire such a socket?
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