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@Boronia said:
I was always under the impression that Telstra (or whoever provides the service) was responsible for the phone line up to the outlet in the wall, and even the phone itself if they supplied it.
Any “wires under the carpet” would be a subscriber’s addition and their responsibility.
Telstra owns the cable from the street to the Main Distribution Frame. The OC owns the MDF. All the cables from the the MDF to individual apartments are the OC’s or individual owner’s responsibility (it might vary from state to state). In Victoria it would be the owner, even where the cable goes through Common Property because it’s after the MDF that the cable serves individual apartments.