Korereactor
join:2001-02-15
Abilene, TX
|  Phone service question
How does the cable phone service physically tie into my current phone lines in my house? I have my phone box (NID) outside yet my cable modem is inside on a shelf in a closet (quite far away from the NID). I'm trying to figure out if any major rewiring is going to need to be done which will add extra $$$. Any help from those who have this service would really be appreciated. Thanks! |
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JBrown07
join:2007-11-26
Wayne, WV
 ·Suddenlink
 ·FrontierNet Intern..
 ·Alltel Axess
| With mine there is a line that needs to go from a special cable modem that the Suddenlink tech brings. They simply, for me, had a line that plugs into my modem and goes under to my trailer to the box outside of my house and that is how it ties in. Basically just an extra hole through the floor. (Like your cable TV lines, phone lines) |
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dude0105
@suddenlink.net
| reply to Korereactor
Usually you either tie into the phone jack or nid. So if there is also a phone jack in that closet where your modem is you should be ok. However if you have an alarm system or don't have a phone jack in that closet there may be some extra wiring charges. |
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Korereactor
join:2001-02-15
Abilene, TX
| I'm guessing that since the grounding block for where my cable enters the building is only a foot or so away from my current NID on the side of my house, that's how he'll tie in. I figured that's how they'd do it, but I just wanted to be sure and get some feedback. Thanks! |
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jh994013
Premium
join:2008-04-12
Sulphur Springs, TX
| reply to Korereactor
The location of he cable's ground block to the phone line's NID isn't really relevant. Your cable enters your house and connects to the MTA (modem that does telephone & internet). There is a phone jack on the back of the MTA. You can have a phone plugged into this jack and have phone service. Also if you prefer to use the phone jacks already in your home or have more than one phone, what the tech will probably do is switch a phone outlet with one phone jack to one that has two jacks. A phone line runs from the phone jack on the MTA to one of the jacks on the wall plate, and if wired correctly by the tech, this will activate all of the other phone jacks in the house. All you really need is a cable outlet near a phone outlet. |
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JBrown07
join:2007-11-26
Wayne, WV | My modem isn't near my phone jacks. My modem is in my bedroom with my computer and my phone jacks are in my living area and TV room |
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jh994013
Premium
join:2008-04-12
Sulphur Springs, TX
| reply to Korereactor
Hooking up trailers for cable, internet, or phone, is slightly diffrent from a house. The concepts are the same, but each trailer hookup can be unique, as are some houses, it just depends on what the tech finds when he gets there. It is possible, and sometimes prefered, to just run a new line from the MTA to the phone NID. |
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SteveP75904
join:2008-03-29
Lufkin, TX
·Suddenlink
| reply to Korereactor
In a home install the technician should run 1 coax and 1 cat3 for your phone service. The coax will goto the housebox/groundblock and the cat3 will goto the NID whis is generally mounted right next to the existing telco NID. He will send the dialtone out of the MTA to the NID, remove your housewires from the existing telco NID and place them on the NID he installed. Sometimes they use Porting NID's which is just a relay box that automatically disconnects the incumbent (telco) when your number has been ported.
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