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Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Maybe. I have used my interior jacks for my Xfinity phone service since the house was new. There is no wire connection to the interior jacks from the outside. Maybe the OP just needs to cut an incoming phone wire in the garage connection box and use a digital phone service. I don't think the builder anticipates that homeowners will subscribe to an analog phone service. With the cost and all of the taxes, an analog phone service really doesn't make sense, especially when a digital service is almost free.

I agree. We moved into a 10yr old home. We have a Century Link hard wired line attached to a dedicated CL demarc on the side of the house. All the homes here have that. I would assume newer homes elsewhere do not but that was the "default" setup here I guess. CL and Xfinity. Our only 2 choices for phone and/or cable/internet at this location in Amelia. CL ONLY offers old fashioned phone service here and circa 1990 DSL (no fiber) while Xfinity offers current century service. Needless to say our CL demarc is unused but, believe it or not, totally recabled by CL back to the main box 2 doors away a year ago. No idea why. Before we went 100% cellular we had VOIP using our inside wiring which required a disconnect of the CL line at the demarc because the ring voltage can kill a VOIP ATA. It was very difficult to give up our 40yr old NJ phone numbers.