On Wednesday 06 July 2005 22:54, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > On Jul 6, 2005, at 2:47 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 July 2005 17:18, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > >> Nope, no digging. Phone lines terminate in handy little boxes on the > >> side of the houses. Cable modem lines have little termination > >> pedestals on the street and single cable going into the building > > > > yes digging ;) > > > > These boxes are only on old buidlings, where nobody cares, but I > > don't know > > any building built in the last 20 years, where you have this boxes > > outside at > > the walls. > > Most single family homes in the US have a phone access box on the > outside of the house. Especially new construction. >
glad, that I am not living there ;) Where I live, almost all houses have no boxes outside anymore, and thus makes digging a requirement, or to look for the right manhole and find the right cable ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
