Re: How could a landline be re-routed?

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 seeker wrote:
> On Aug 14, 8:08 pm, "Bill Kearney" <wkearney-99@hot-mail-com> wrote:
>>> As for the line, it sounds like you live fairly
>>> close to your office.
>>
>> Indeed, and serviced by the same central office.
>>
>>> Contrary to popular belief, there is not a single
>>> pair of wires that runs from your home to the central office.
>>
>> In most cases there is.  Or at least from your phone to the nearest
>> SLC.
>>
>>> Your line  could have been assigned a pair that was not dead at the
>>> other
>>
>> end.
>>
>> Um, what?  Of course it's /supposed to/ be a single pair for the
>> line.  At least in most set ups.  What are you talking about here?
>
> I was living within 10 miles of where i worked and my understanding is
> that an off-premise extension includes the home phone into the broader
> PBX business line, so extensions could tap into the home line off of
> that

Sorry, I don't follow what you're explaning.