bridge tap?

My apartment has two phone wall jacks. They are not chained, both come straight from the phone box for the entire building.

This is apparently called a bridge tap. Effectively, it is delaying my DSL installation. I want to deal with it now without waiting weeks for the telco to take action.

What would happen if I open one of my two phone jacks and short-circuit the wires? Strictly technical, forget the legal aspects.

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Posted 5 years ago by joe.user0 in Digital Subscriber Line

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