Re: Relocate Telco NID-newbie

["alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

"jgrimms" <jgrimms_member@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >Some providers get really pissy if you mess with their side of it...call
>>your's and tell them what you want to do. They're also connected to the
>>main
>>electric ground bond of the house...so ask...maybe they'll move it for
>>you.
>
> Technically then, from a signal standpoint, I would be OK to extend their
> drop,
> I just might get in hot water with my telco.?  BTW, they won't touch
> anything
> without me paying dearly for it (unless I have no signal.)  I called about
> getting my NID updated (mine must be from the 70's) and they said I would
> need
> to put in a work-order, not a repair-order and pay $35/1st 15 minutes and
> $12/per 15 thereafter + hardware to have the work done.

$35 to show up and $48/hour? Sounds reasonable to me. Why not let them move
it for you?
js