Like a scene straight from a horror movie, a disabled phone line restricts all outbound and incoming calls. There are several ways to disable a residential phone line from the inside of a house. You can easily preserve the wires for a future connection.
Instructions
1. Unplug any and all phones from their respective jacks to disable an individual phone. Preserve the phone wiring to allow for easy reconnection.
2. Find the point of demarcation where the outside phone line comes into the house, through a box. In older buildings the demarcation box is located inside or in a basement. Open the box and use wire clippers to cut the thin red or "ring" and green or "tip" wires.
3. Locate each individual phone to disable when the demarcation box is on the outside of the building. Remove the jack box from the wall with a screw driver. Cut the ring and tip wires with the wire clippers.
4. Wrap the ends of all cut wires with electrical tape to prevent electrical shocks or fire in the case of a power surge.
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