Centurylink help

[Brentwood]

I decided to upgrade my internet speed to 100mbps, based off the fact that my wife and I will be working form home soon. I opted for the self install, because I already have centurylink installed in my house.

Now here is the issue, my new modem requires me to connect a DSL cable to a phone jack. I don't have any phone service at my house. My existing modem has a CAT5E Ethernet cable plugged into the WAN LAN jack. This Ethernet cable runs from my modem to the exterior of my house to a box on the side of my house. I tried plugging this cable into my new modem replicating the existing set up, but it did not work. Can anyone give me some help with this? Can I convert this CAT5e cable to DSL with some kind of converter?

 

[brianhos]

Phone line is the same as Cat5e just using less pairs. So in theory you could cut the connector off and put on a phone connector. In practice, this is hard, I have done it, but you need a crimping tool. Can you just get a new modem that has an ethernet input? Seems odd that it is expecting a phone back input in 2020.