find out your phone number by dial several numbers on the phone.
I need to replace a phone line from the NID to my home.
The NID outside my home(5-story) has about 12 phone lines connect to
it.
I don't want to dissconnect my neighbour's phone line when replacing
it.
Depends on your location and your local phone company. But be careful, in
some places, the phone wires for an apartment belong to the landlord
(building owner.) In one community I lived in, municipal law requires
landlord to hire a phone guy, for reason of neighbor's phone you mentioned
above. (If you live in a Condo situation, I have no clue about who owns
what.)
Also, most only use one pair of lines for their home land lines, and most
cables are 2 or 4 pairs, there is the chance an unsavory person could tap
into a neighbor's phone line and record all conversations. Another reason
for phone guy in multi-tennent building.
Last week, when verizon(NY) came to my workplace and did some repair.
I saw them just connect a test tool and dial several numbers on the
phone to retrieve the number that belong to that line.
I saw they also successfully retrieve it using a regular phone.
Does anyone know what number to press in order to retrieve the phone
number?
So lets say, some unsavory person wanted to know the unlisted number of a
someone they were stalking. Then all they would need do is go to the
outside NID, connect onto the line, dial this secret number and get the
private phone number of the person they were stalking? Then this unsavory
person could harass by making phone calls all night long. That is one of
several reasons why the Phone Company doesn't want the general public to
know that number.
Go to Radio shack, or your local big orange retail giant (BORG) and get a
line tracer toner. Disconnect the phones in your apartment, connect the
toner, and trace the line back to the NID. Last I checked, the toner and
tracer were about $25.00.
Phil
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