RM>           ... It took three technicians from the phone company to
 RM> find that the  problem was the corroded terminals in the outside box
 RM> that connected my  line. He selected a vacant pair, and I haven't had
 RM> a problem since. The  first two techs that came in said that my
 RM> inside connections were a  problem, after I told them that I
 RM> installed my own phones & lines, not  the phone company. Once you
 RM> have yor end squared away, it's not much  else you can do. 
Bell Canada now imposes a "demarcation" jack in phone installations.  The 
phone company's position then becomes: anything beyond the demarcation point 
into the house is the customer's responsibilty and anything prior to the 
demarcation point rests with the phone company.  The demarcation jack makes 
it really easy to test if the problem lies with the rest of the phone wiring 
inside the house, or whether the problem is "outside".
Not many Canadians are aware of this, but demarcation jack installations are 
FREE even in homes where the phone lines are already installed.
.:. /Žug
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