Is CAT 6 cable okay as a telephone line?

Back in the 80’s I was working on new housing sites as a carpenter, firms like Beazer used to sell the house purchasers “Telephone extension wiring” and if the customers paid the phone extension cables would be installed, but no sockets were fitted and the cables were not terminated, they were just left hanging out of the wall, then it was up to the customers to get them finished off.

Beazer had had arguments with both the customers and electricians when the extensions had been fully installed, because if there was a fault the customers would phone BTwho would turn up and say the fault was in the extension, so nothing to do with them, then slap sixty quid onto the customers next bill as a call out fee.

There we’re then arguments about who should pay the sixty quid, so Beazer decided the cables should just be left hanging out of the wall.

Then they did the same again with burglar alarm wiring.

Many firms still do similar things, such as installing the wiring and bell push for a door bell, but not the actual bell itself as that is an optional extra.

Fitting immersion heaters, but not connecting them is another example of modern day silliness that new home purchasers experience.

Back in the 80’s I was working on new housing sites as a carpenter, firms like Beazer used to sell the house purchasers “Telephone extension wiring” and if the customers paid the phone extension cables would be installed, but no sockets were fitted and the cables were not terminated, they were just left hanging out of the wall, then it was up to the customers to get them finished off.

Beazer had had arguments with both the customers and electricians when the extensions had been fully installed, because if there was a fault the customers would phone BTwho would turn up and say the fault was in the extension, so nothing to do with them, then slap sixty quid onto the customers next bill as a call out fee.

There we’re then arguments about who should pay the sixty quid, so Beazer decided the cables should just be left hanging out of the wall.

Then they did the same again with burglar alarm wiring.

Many firms still do similar things, such as installing the wiring and bell push for a door bell, but not the actual bell itself as that is an optional extra.

Fitting immersion heaters, but not connecting them is another example of modern day silliness that new home purchasers experience.