US West will cover the lines that go from the outside into the main switchbox
in the basement, where you can see the wires as they were installed by
decade. They say it's the building owners responsibity to keep the wires in
good condition from there up to each apartment. I have two phone jacks that
are daisy chained together and they enter the wall in my kitchen, and for the
past two years I can hear my neighbor when he's on the phone. When he gets a
phone call my phone "chirps" and I frequently come home to an answering
maching recording dial tones from it.

I plan on moving soon. I have other problems with the place. Like the hot
water in my bathroom sink turns on then I hear a "clunk" and the water slows
to a trickle. I put up with it because I don't have much of a backbone. The
next tenant will probably raise quite a fuss.

Josh

Ken wrote:

>  I don't know about where you live but here in California it is a law
> that apartment owners MUST keep the telephone wiring inside tenant
> buildings in good working order. Your state may have similar laws
> protecting your rights to reliable telephone service. If you live
> in such a place it might behoove you to point out this fact to your
> slum lord. If you needed medical assistance and could not reach
> help over the phone because the wiring was not in good repair it
> would put your slum lord in a position of liability.
>
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