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Updated almost 9 years ago, 02/16/2016

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Mitch Dowler
  • Investor
  • Tacoma, WA
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Tenant asking for phone lines for DSL?

Mitch Dowler
  • Investor
  • Tacoma, WA
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I have a duplex building I purchased in 2005. It is a pristine building that I update between every tenant and most of my tenants stay two years or more. I have a you lower twenties couple I recently rented to and the young woman is asking for phone lines for DSL. I don't recall anyone installing an old style phone line since I have owned the building. Everyone has always had high speed internet through Comcast or a satellite company. I have not had a phone line in my home since the second half of the 1990's. I really didn't think anyone installed them anymore and I work in the telecom industry and I am a grandfather with three grandkids and another on the way.

Is this a new retro fashion statement to have an old fashioned phone line and DSL? I advertised it stating high speed internet was available but never claimed low speed internet was available. Really an old phone line? Is it just me trying to comprehend this? Will she ask for a place to stable a horse next?

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