Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.modems:3049 misc.consumers:7540 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!lznv!jlw From: jlw@lznv.ATT.COM (J.L.WOOD) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,misc.consumers Subject: Re: Inside Telco wiring Message-ID: <1511@lznv.ATT.COM> Date: 5 Dec 88 22:27:50 GMT References: <1032@naucse.UUCP> <24447@sri-unix.SRI.COM> <8678@mhuxu.UUCP> <3557@mtuxo.att.com> Organization: AT&T ISL Lincroft NJ USA Lines: 34 In article <3557@mtuxo.att.com>, sama@mtuxo.att.com (XMRH6-S.ANZELOWITZ) writes: : In article <1509@lznv.ATT.COM>, jlw@lznv.ATT.COM (J.L.WOOD) writes: : > : > I think that there can be no question that in a rental property that the : > responsibility for inside telephone wiring is with the landlord. : : In response to some of the statements currently on the net involving : inside wiring and tenants and landlords, I thought I'd share the following. : : We own and manage a rental property which we purchased new, and without : benefit of telephone wiring. That's what happens nowadays when : builders decide not to pay the extra money (to the phone company) to : have phone wires installed while the building is being built. Realizing : this, and prior to the first tenant taking occupancy, I decided to : install the wires (and jacks) myself. Trying to make sure that : sufficient jacks were available to the tenants, I installed them in the : kitchen, livingroom, bedrooms, and even one in the garage. Since the : walls were already up, it was tough going. Fortunately, I was able to : utilize an otherwise unused 4" pvc conduit for one of the two main : entrance wire. : We then found the "problem". Approximately two feet into the conduit from the : utility room end, and still attached to the telephone wires, was my : tenant's son's "missing" gerbel. : By the way, our Lease specified: NO PETS. You were able to get some recompense from the tenant because the tenant voilated the covenants of your lease, voluntarily entered in to. If on the other hand you'd found a dead mouse or rat in the conduit, you'd have been stuck. Joe Wood jlw@lanv.ATT.COM