Re: Bypass Telco's NID box?

["Norm Mugford" <1alarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is is considered a "Tariff Violation" if you move the
network interface device. The phone company
according to the FCC tariff can refuse telephone service
until the tariff violation is rectified.
You can request to have the "NID" (or as commonly referred
to as an "O&I") moved into your basement, at a premium
fee, I might add. You also must be available for all service
calls so that the phone company has access to the interface
device.

Norm Mugford


"Bobby_M" <rmierzej@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1112199264.051053.60620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Instead of buying a cellular backup system, I'm considering protecting
> my phone line from easy cuts. The line comes to my house approx 15' off
> the ground, runs down the house to the telco installed NID. It then
> goes back up the house and into the attic towards my central wiring
> terminal in the basement (where I also installed my alarm panel.
> Obviously the loop down to the NID is extremely susceptable to cutting
> since it goes to eye level. Even running this loop through conduit
> would be a waste since a screwdriver would allow access into the NID
> anyway. I'm considering running the Telco line directly into the attic
> and leaving the loop to the NID as a decoy. Does anyone know if there
> are any legal penalties for doing so since the circuit is technically
> not mine until it exits the NID?
>
> Bobby
>