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RKP5637

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7. Yep, it would be through the router/modem. ... sort of. Usually there is a box on the side of the

Wed Jul 17, 2019, 05:49 PM

Jul 2019

house and they run a line from there to where the phone lines come into your house. A good electrician should be able to help you out. I doubt Cox Communications is going to look at your house phone wiring, but I just do not know. You need a clean phone line from the Cox Communications box on the side of the house to a phone jack in the house where you plug in your base phone. I can see exactly what your problem is (I think). I'm basing this on how mine has been hooked up with a couple of different cable companies.

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Okay, serious question. Please answer without being judgemental. [View all] sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 OP

Call the phone company. dawg day Jul 2019 #1

These days the "internal wiring" is usually the homeowner's responsibility. PoliticAverse Jul 2019 #4

I wonder, it just might be cheaper and easier to just switch over to all wireless phones. RKP5637 Jul 2019 #2

The ones I have are cordless, with only the base phone plugged to the sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #5

Yep, it would be through the router/modem. ... sort of. Usually there is a box on the side of the RKP5637 Jul 2019 #7

Well, Alexander Graham Bell is dead customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #3

Call the phone company but they will madaboutharry Jul 2019 #6

Check with your local phone company, they will tell you what part of the wiring they are... PoliticAverse Jul 2019 #8

Yeah, I wouldn't bring in an electrician. Too expensive. A handy person should be adequate. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2019 #11

Generally if the wiring is in the house, you're the one left holding the potato. marble falls Jul 2019 #9

When I needed a T1 line matt819 Jul 2019 #10