elect --fish tap wire --or see if the old wire can move --tir the cat 5 to
the cat 2 and pull the new in.
"CMF" wrote in message
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Hello all.

I am practicing what I preach from an Intelligent Home/Structured Wiring
perspective and upgrading the low voltage wiring in my house getting it
ready for a probable sale. New CAT5e for all phones, LAN, and RG6Q for the
cable, etc.

My question is, and I know I should know this, but if I knew everything I
wouldn't have to sell the house.

The old phone line is CAT2. I have one phone in particular in the bathroom
upstairs (no jokes) that I cannot get to the top cap or even remotely
close
to replace the wiring. My initial plan is to just eliminate that jack, do
a
sheetrock repair and be done with it. However, I can get to the original
wire from the attic, and could run a splice to it from the central phone
location. Question is, does the quality of this line bring the quality of
the entire installation down, or does the fact that it will be a single
end
run from the central location to the phone isolate the other lines from a
quality perspective? I really don't think there is anything wrong with the
line, and I will spice into it with new CAT5e as close to the jack as I
can,
but there will still be some of the old wire in place.

Thoughts? I realize many of you will think this is overkill and a waste of
time and money, but I'm doing it anyway, so please leave those responses
off. Thanks in advance,

--
Maury French

Wylie, TX
"I cannot teach my kids ethics if I do not
practice them myself"