Questions tagged [telephone]
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How can high and low voltage be mixed in a junction box?
So I'm aware of the standard rule of thumb, keep high and low voltage away from each other, preferably on opposite sides of a stud. However, while looking at some properties, I'm seeing telephone and ...
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How can I modify telephone Cat5 cables and jacks into Ethernet ports?
We just moved into a new house and I found out they used Cat5 to run the telephone network in the house. I found the junction where all the network/phone lines come together and disconnected all the ...
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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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How should I route my Romex and Network cables and can I safely drill another hole through this joist?
I am trying to run a bunch of network cables from my network switch in the basement into the attic so that I can disperse them throughout the second floor bedrooms. At the same time, I needed to ...
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Can I use existing telephone wire as a pull for new cables?
I am moving into a new home shortly, built in the 1990s, and it has telephone jacks with POTS wiring that I do not plan on using. Ideally, I would love to run twisted pair cabling where the telephone ...
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Get phone signal where there's no signal
I have a tiny house between two hills, in a mountain area. For few weeks I've been searching how to get phone signal there.
There are two problems:
there is no electricity
the hills are blocking the ...
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Telephone Termination Block upgrade
I recently moved into a house which has a screw type termination block:
I am trying to get DSL service and self-install is not working so they are sending a technician out. I will get charged $100 ...
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How to connect a phone line? [duplicate]
I'm trying to connect the phone lines in my new home. I have 2 lines given by my phone provider arriving downstairs in the apartment:
Then I have 2 RJ11 cables plugged into to the connections shown ...
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How to connect a phone line?
I'm trying to connect the phone lines in my new home. I have 2 lines given by my phone provider arriving downstairs in the apartment:
Then I have 2 RJ11 cables plugged into to the connections shown ...
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