Re: Demarcation point

J Kelly wrote: 
Is the telco required to have a network interface box at the point of
demarcartion?  My house has nothing, the line comes direct into the
basement.  It isn't even grounded and has no lightning protector.
Qwest refuses to do anything about it unless I pay for a NIB to be
installed.  What about grounding?  Shouldn't they be required to
ground the line in accordance with NEC?

Sounds like you are in an older building. Many older structures are "grandfathered".

I'm a Verizon Special Services field tech and when I was doing regular POTS I&M work our "marching orders" were to install protection and NIDs as we came across unprotected & non-NID installations.

So, to answer your question, they won't just come out and install a NID & protector just because you don't currently have one. If they are there for another reason, like a service order or a trouble report, then they should bring the installation up to current spec's.

John
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John Dearing
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