Ability to Have 2nd Landline Phone Line in Apt Owned by Corporation?

[Forever Blue]

OK, I thought there was some kind of DIY method I could do the way some people here sounded. And I'm way over 18.

[jzeig104]

there ARE do it yourself methods, but WHAT you do depends on whether you want two separate physical lines or two lines on one phone. of course, you are going to have to call the phone company because you have to PAY for the two lines every month. Thats why you might want to look into a VOIP setup like PhonePower or Vonage, because it will probably be cheaper, and offer you many other options as well.

[Forever Blue]

OK, thanks a lot.

[iowa4430]

Have you checked in to Google voice?

Its free and apparently has a lot of options.

[Ultrarunner]

The only time I've run into a restriction is where extra capacity was limited and this happened once in San Francisco.

There simply was not enough copper pairs for a simple expansion.

[Electrician4you]

Phone cable wire that is used for phones can carry up to four separate phone numbers on one cable. Each cable wire has 4 pairs of wire inside the outer jacket for a total of 8 separate wires. Each pair has a color code. Each pair is capable of carrying one phone number. Connecting The additional phone lines will require the phone company to either wire the jack for a second, third or fourth phone line at each phone jack location.

The color code for house is
White/blue-blue pair Line 1
White/orange-orange Line 2
White/green-green Line 3
White/brown-brown Line 4

OP you can have two lines coming in the house with no running of wires as long as you are ok with the location of the phone jack. And even then they can simply tap the jack and extend to another location

[jzeig104]

Originally Posted by iowa4430

Have you checked in to Google voice?

Its free and apparently has a lot of options.

Thanks for this. I checked it out and now have 3 phone lines and pay only for one!!! Yeay!