How to fix a short in our telephone wire?

Question

We have recently lost home phone service and now our internet because there is a short in the wire. When our house was renovated the guy didn't put a telephone wire in so we asked him to do it before we moved in. I think it made him mad so he screwed it up. How hard is it to rewire the house so we have phone service?

Answer 1

yes...that could be..! but don't try to fix it yourselves....get a tech to do it....because you might make it worse!

Answer 2

Hi aguthrie:Not really enough information but here goes.Do not know what type of wire was run.If in U.S.A., look at jk wiring.R/Gn or Blue/Bu-w pair should be Line 1.At the D-Mark,outside or inside,connect the R/Gn or Blue pair to the dialtone line. At jk,R to R,Gn to Gn or Blue to R, Bu-w to Gn.Otherwise,run a new CAT5 (4 pair cable,Blue pr1, Orange pr2, Green pr3,Brown pr4)lines1,2,3,4.Run from D-Mark to JK at Computer location.Use Blue-W pr.Connect at D-Mark & at JK.Good luck. Need more infor.,email me via Yahoo.  exbelltel