Adding a Phone line (follow up ?)

Split in the garage will be fine.

Do you have DSL internet access? A bunch of unterminated stubs can cause reflections that can cause your DSL service to be slower. Separate lines are likely to be worse than a mid-point tap, so to speak.

Bob Hofmann

the POTS doesn't care where (or if) there is a split ((if DSL or lighted dial the water muddies a bit))

Thanks. I'll do the splice.. I have webtv. Since I live here 6 months and another home 6 months, the msn one plan makes it simple to use both computer and webtv unit in both places..

Be aware, in newer homes the phone lines use CAT 3 or CAT 5 cables for phone lines. Older homes had the Red, Black, Yellow, Green lines. The newer cables have several pairs of twisted pairs; White with strip matched with Blue with White strip, Orange with White strip, Green with White stripe or Brown with White stripe. Total of 4 pairs, each pair separately twisted with it's own matched pair.

You can actually run 4 separate voice phone lines on one CAT 5 cable. All you need do is check inside your wall plug in front room to see if you have multi-twisted pair cable for your phone line.

BORGS have wall plate replacements so you can go from 1 phone jack to 2 or 4 phone jacks on a single wall plate. Connect an unused pair to a new jack on the wall plate, and connect the other end of the pair down in the basement.

Hi, My house has 3 levels of living space including finished basement and back yard gezebo, sunroom, deck, etc. I got tired of running phone lines every where. Went to cordless set up. One base station with multiple handsets. Now from any where in the house we can use phone. I even went wireless with my thermostat for heating/cooling. No more hassle with wires for that either. I can even move the thermostat around in the house, LOL.

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