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| Thread ID: 65755 | 2006-01-29 20:23:00 | Signed up for a telecom line... | NZLcyclist (329) | Press F1 |
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| 425273 | 2006-01-30 05:44:00 | The standard is now for 2 wire jackpoints and a few years back it was for 3 wire jacks. There are thousands of 3 wire jackpoints out there still installed and working. In some situations it's not a problem and they are commonly found mixed on site. The current standard is for 2 wire jacks. The two wire jack takes the line wires to either side of the jack with provision to install wiring to other extentions. The three wire jack used a 3rd wire as the bell wire or anti-tinkle, disconnect the 3rd and that phone didn't ring if it was on an extention socket. The problem with the 3 wire jacks was that the wiring was imbalanced adding more capacitance to one leg of the line. The circuit board design of the jacks also created easy paths for moisture to create problems in a damp environment, hence the move to 2 wire and a better circuit board layout. Wiring maintanence fee and a faulty 3 wire jack not a problem when I find one, changed out no charge. |
EX-WESTY (221) | ||
| 425274 | 2006-01-30 05:48:00 | Check the terms and stuff ( . telecom . co . nz/content/0,3900,204973-204061,00 . html#20036144" target="_blank">www . telecom . co . nz) it says you pay if 3 wire jackpoints are found, or anything not considered standard . . . You Pay It doesn't . It says "older style 3-wire sockets must not be mixed with modern 2-wire sockets and sockets not supplied by us must be designed to accept our standard 6-way telephone plug . " my bolding so if you have any 3 wire jacks that are faulty the contractor should replace all of them . If you add a 2 wire then you should replace any 3 wire . |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 425275 | 2006-02-01 09:11:00 | I think I opened a can of worms... Many valid points here guys, thanx. Brendon |
NZLcyclist (329) | ||
| 425276 | 2006-02-01 09:50:00 | What? Just wait.. Something goes wrong, and you'll find it faster and easier to fix it yourself than wait for telecom to take there time to wiggle out of fixing your old houses interanal wiring... I got told that if i wired my own extensions in telecom would not be responcible. They are responcible upto the little box on the side of your house, and you are responcible after that, should anything go wrong you'll get the job done properly if you do it yourself, and patched if telecoms overworked techs do it for you. Telecom are responsible for the entire wiring in your house as well and includes all the little boxes. If it is a problem then they fix it. We had ants go into one of ours and they fixed it for nothing and were here the day after we called. About 6 months later same sort of issue but turned out to be a wiring fault so he changed it from a 3 wire to 2 wire system at no cost and again was here the day after the call to report the fault. If you wire up your own extenstions and blow the system (very hard to do) then they would charge you for it. Having said that I have inserted 5 extenstions in our house with no issues whatever. Sky TV added 2 more. |
Big John (551) | ||
| 425277 | 2006-02-01 14:21:00 | I understand how you feel. I have to pay $40 to Telecom for the homeline and I don't even use it (or want/need it). Money down the toliet. I'll be ringing them up to get out of the Wire maintenance Contract and save $2.53 at least. You had better check the quality of the wiring before you accept responsibility for maintaining/replacing it. |
Vince (406) | ||
| 425278 | 2006-02-01 19:20:00 | Telecom are responsible for the entire wiring in your house as well and includes all the little boxes. Only if you flush away $40 a year for the fee.... Otherwise they are only responsible up to the point of entry. The demarcation point is the little white box usually on the side of your house. | personthingy (1670) | ||
| 425279 | 2006-02-01 19:46:00 | You had better check the quality of the wiring before you accept responsibility for maintaining/replacing it. Landlord's responsibility. I can't go pulling things apart. If disaster strikes I'll just take the wiring contract back up. You haven't convinced me ... muhahaha.. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 425280 | 2006-02-02 04:37:00 | Only if you flush away $40 a year for the fee.... Otherwise they are only responsible up to the point of entry. The demarcation point is the little white box usually on the side of your house. Well they were talking about the wiring maintenance and that what it is so ye if ou wish to ditch our wiring maintenancethen you are correct. |
Big John (551) | ||
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