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DamageInc

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#1297806 4-May-2015 17:47

this is the one outside, for some reason the photo of the inside of the box didnt come out.

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#1297815 4-May-2015 17:54

Not sure if a splitter would fit in that box. Its from the post office era which is before my time.

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#1298538 5-May-2015 17:39

Yep I dear say old wiring. Can 3 wire jack points be changed to 2 wire jack points?

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#1298559 5-May-2015 18:50

ETP is easy to change to a proper one.

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#1300970 8-May-2015 20:50

DamageInc: Yep I dear say old wiring. Can 3 wire jack points be changed to 2 wire jack points?

Yes very easy, the jacks bay be faulty so a good thing to do. However it sounds like most of them work for phones, so maybe just leave them and get a master filter installed either outside or in the wall behind the master jack, then you will get a nice new RJ45 outlet for the modem wired directly from the incoming line.

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