Rewire indoor phone lines

 Dear Group,

I wonder if anyone knows how to find a contract technician who can do
indoor phone line rewiring.  Last time the Bell technician came to
check our staticky problems and told us that our lines are very old
and need replacement.  The company has this offering but very
expensive.  I haven't been able to find it from the word of mouth or
web.  Thanks!

Kel
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  lamkelf@yahoo.com (Kel) wrote in


There's nothing particularly magic about phone wiring; any competent
electrician can do it.

If you're looking for something fancy, try an outfit that does home
theater installations.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@visi.com

 On 14 Jan 2004 12:54:22 -0800, someone wrote:



In the US, in new construction this is usually part of the
electrician's contract.  Try asking some electricians, if they don't
want to do it, there is a likelihood that they know someone who does
(maybe who they subcontract to themselves).

Even in my small town, there is a computer telephony outfit that does
inside phone and date wiring.  So you might also try local computer
shops for references.

Lastly, the makers of telephone systems for businesses are often
responsible for the inside wiring of their systems, you might ask them
for contractor referrals too???

-Vince

 vze2k6pb@verizon.net (v) wrote:


In some areas, it's also split out into high voltage (traditional electrician)
and low voltage (alarms, phones, home theater, etc.)

 Any electrician can rewire phone lines.

Heck, you can rewire them yourself.  If the old lines are
stapled to the baseboard, it's trivial to rip out the old ones
and replace them with new.  If the lines are in the walls,
it's still not to hard -- you can use the old wires to pull
the new ones.  But if you're not comfortable with this you
could always get bids from a few electricians.

Alternatively, depending on how high the quotes from the
electricians are, it might be cheaper to buy a coreless phone
base which supports multiple handsets, plug the base in at the
jack near where the phone service enters your house, and buy
handsets to use in the rest of the house.  All the phones in
our house are cordless VTECH phones driven from of a single
base, and we're happy with that arrangement.