In message , at 11:15:03 on Sun, 15 Nov
2020, "Dave Plowman (News)" remarked:
In article ,
Roland Perry wrote:
I think not! Every house I€˜ve ever lived in has had spaghetti wiring
nailed to skirtings, architraves etc, connected to a junction box by the
cable entry point to the house.

That's to fit additional phones, rather than the original one near the
cable entry point!

Are you saying then every phone was fitted where the outside line came
into the house?

I would never dare say "every" on Usenet.

Be a bit odd, since when our phone was fitted in the 50s, the outside line
was two wires from the pole to the house. Converted to a single cable
there. They also had to pick up a local ground for the party line.

Most usually the outside cable would come from the pole to a bracket
fixed to the house on or just below the eaves above the front door. Then
down the outside of the wall, through a hole, and inside to the phone
point (in those days a hard-wired one).

Occasionally, eg if the house's front door wasn't facing the street,
they'd first go round the side of the house to above the door.

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Roland Perry