| [FiOS Phone] Question about our digital phone service I used to have analog and because of the way Fios was installed I would have needed a very long cable running through my apartment to get all the phone jacks working. I ended up leaving it so that there was a main base connected directly into the ONT box.
I no longer want it connected to the box though as it's in my living room and a bad spot for my phone. My service is now digital. Is there anything I can use to move the phone elsewhere. I would think if it's digital it can be connected through my router or switch with some sort of adapter? Or not really?
I remember long ago when I had vonage it came with a box that would connect my phone to the router. Not sure if there is something like that I can use |
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guppy_fishPremium
join:2003-12-09
Lakeland, FL
kudos:1 | Get a cordless phone ... The phone connection to ONT is analog and hasn't changed switching to FDV |
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 danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA | If you are using Verizon's Digital Voice then you can connect your phone base to any jack in the house/appt that is wired to the ONT- which should be all them in an apartment.
DV does not change the way your connect your standard phones in any way.
The Verizon folks should have wired the appt's cabling into the ONT so that all you had to was pick up your existing phone on the existing jack and start dialing.
If they didn't id be getting them back to have it done correctly. You should be able to use any per-existing jack with no issues. |
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guppy_fishPremium
join:2003-12-09
Lakeland, FL
kudos:1 | reply to AndyD2k
Apartments wiring is nothing like single family home. Verizon may not have access or even permission to change in the in-wall wiring. Its not likely there is a NID for each apartment to do a disconnect at to allow back feeding the phone jacks |
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| reply to AndyD2k
You're probably right. The solution they gave me 3 years ago was to run a cable from my living room to my smaller bedroom which would be something like 50ft. It wouldn't be that much of an issue if I already didn't have a Cat 6 cable running around the living room to the same room |
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 buckinghamBuckingham Pa
join:2005-07-17
Buckingham, PA | Easiest way to deal with this is to use a cordless phone...I do that even here in a large home and only keep one hard-wired set (in the guest room) for emergency use when there is no power. The DECT phone setups today are really pretty good devices and you can get them with one or multiple handsets for convenience. |
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Yeah but I'm trying to minimize how much stuff I have connected in that area. It's pretty ridiculous  I'm thinking about maybe getting the ONT moved into my smaller room to try to balance it out a little |
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 PoloDudePremium,VIP
join:2006-03-29
Northport, NY
kudos:3 | Your chances of getting the ONT moved are very small. If you would post some sort of pics or diagram it would help. |
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guppy_fishPremium
join:2003-12-09
Lakeland, FL
kudos:1 | reply to AndyD2k
In an apartment, chances of moving the ONT are zero, Verizon had a plan, approved by the owner of the building and all locations are fixed.
The size of a base station for a wireless phone is very small |
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| I could be mislabeling it but this is the device in my living room...
»dl.dropbox.com/u/2687960/box.jpg
Which is a combo battery back up along with the cables coming out of it. I don't think there is any building requirement. They have a cable running from outside of apartment and into my living room. I was just thinking that cable could be another 30 feet and go into my second bedroom
As for the phone base, yeah I have a small one that I can hideaway. I'm just trying to minimize the amount of crap I have in the area |
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