Hi guys,

We have just moved house (we rent), and in our new house when the Authorised Sky Installer came out, and installed the phone jack for the MySky (since a phone jack at each decoder is not standard anymore).

He found quite a few bad joins in the phone line under the house, like bare wire joints lying in the dirt, and a join outside the house in the bushes all corroded in the joiners. He said that there may be more as he just fixed the ones he found on the way.

Also, the wire for the phone line comes up the pipe from underground, joins outside (was just in bushes, now cable tied at the join to the downpipe), and then travels up the side of house (again unattached) and goes over the roof (just chucked over) to the other side of the house to the Telecom termination point, then comes out as a black and red wire (seperated into the roof).

From there it is joined from the solid thick copper red/black wire to the phone wire (the white stuff) to the jackpoints.

First question,
(I know this one isn't Telecom but any thoughts appreciated)
Is the landlord responsible for fixing the phone lines in the house/getting someone to check the rest?

Second question,
Is Telecom responsible for fixing the wire chucked over the roof.
As their website states that an underground wire must go directly into the house.
(Ref:  http://www.telecom.co.nz/binarys/instalation_pamphlet_v_aug.pdf)

 
Sorry about the long post, any advice/thoughts appreciated muchly. :)