David Nebenzahl wrote:
I said that *some* of the phones (meaning the wiring inside the
house) work and some of them don't, so obviously the problem
is inside the house.

Bite the bullet. Buy a box of Cat-3 (or 5) wire and start over.
Every house I've ever worked on has a total cluster-f**k for the
telephone wiring.

Pick a location, (a closet or such) and call that "home".
Run a new cable from the telephone company POE, to there.
From there, run a new cable to each and every jack in the
house.

One Type-66 split block and a package of jumper clips will
make a nice "distribution" point in the closet.

Problem solved.

And if you decide to get campy and put in a cheap PBX, all
your work is already done for the most part.

Jeff



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