On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:31:46 -0400, John Smith
wrote:

Would someone please decipher these phone cables?

There are four cables going into the phone box. One of the cables'
blue/dot blue conductors is terminated with a plug and plugged
into a jack. This cable's orange/dot orange conductors is spliced
with the blue/dot blue conductors of the other three cables. There
are more than 9 jacks in the house and all jacks work.

I opened two wall plates and found only one cable in the box.
Thus, these two are not daisy-chained. I assume there is one more
such box somewhere.

What's going on here? Why is orange/dot orange spliced with
blue/dot blue? And how come those three cables still work (can
dial in and out) when they seem not plugged into the phone box?
Thanks.
The first cable blue may feed a security system and return on the
orange to feed the other line 1 jacks.
--
Mr.E