4 Gauge Distribution Block - Telephone Junction Box - Telephone Punch Down Block - CAT 5 Splitter 4 Way - CAT5 Junction Box - Distribution Block 4 Gauge - Punch Down Block - Fast Home - STEREN 550-020

Simple and easy installation. instructions were clear and enabled immediate functionality. Using the recommended 110 tool the wiring was very simple and and fast. From start to finish took only 20 minutes.

Bank 1 didn't work. I double checked the wiring at the hub and output jack and it was correct. The wiring worked before installing the hub, and I verified there was no break in the wires. I re-punched new sections of the the wires and it still didn't work. Banks 2, 3, and 4 were working and POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) wiring passed checks with a Klein Scout Pro 3 tester. I finally removed the wires from bank 1and punched them to another bank the that jack worked. The instructions were a little light. When wiring telephone service, I guess they mean for line 1 R (Ring) and T (Tip) to be used. I didn't figure that out until I punched the red wire above the Red marking and the Green wire above the Green marking, Yellow - Yellow, and Black to Blue.

This telephone hub was a little overkill for what I really needed but I wanted to future proof this as much as possible. My old hub was outside and kept getting damaged when performing lawn maintenance and the lines would get noisy every time it rained so, I mounted this hub in a cabinet inside the house and ran the wires into the house from the crawlspace. By the way get a 110 impact punchdown tool, it makes the job so much easier and you'll have less chance of damage. Initially I had some trouble but I found that it was because of the way old wiring (40+ years) was connected and it's condition. Because of this, I replaced all the old wiring with new 5e wire and all is well, nice quiet lines and no more chance of damage. I contacted the Circuit Direct (the seller) through Amazon email and they replied almost immediately and gave me ideas how to work out the problems I was having. They have awesome customer service. The only criticism I would have is the manual could use some work.

Installed this as a wall-mounted module in the wiring closet of a customer's new home. Seems to work fine, no issues mounting after replacing the plastic pinch-pins with screws. Oddly enough, the ISP provider in that area (DSL, unfortunately) didn't use the filter module for their modem, instead pulling off the first pair and snap-crimping the wires. After calling them on that raising some hell, they came back and punched it down correctly... ...except they got the pairs backward. I ended up having to re-punch the whole thing on the second line because their installer literally destroyed the first-line 110 punch-down connectors. It looks like he used a screwdriver to punch it down... None of that is the fault of the unit, though, so why four and not five? Simple: documentation. What there is of it assumes you are a teleco installer (I happen to be an IT technician, but one who has experience with phone lines and teleco work) and most of it is simply specs for other products they offer. Nice, but not what you should be filling the already-painfully-sparse installation guide with. Still, I would use this unit again if the need arose.

just what I needed for upgrade to house wiring

My house was built in 1980, and had the typical cob-web-like mess of old phone lines run to screw terminals. This was pretty much fine for phone calls, but a noise and signal loss issue for DSL connections. After pulling the old hardware out, placing the box in location, and punching everything in place, the DSL connection was at top speed, and the other lines in the house were noise free. If you are considering purchase, please note that you should have a basic 110 blade punch-down tool. This is the only proper way to connect the solid conductor wiring in your phone system to the terminals in a block like this. With the tool, the connections are a piece of cake, and will likely be perfect on the first shot. The box is very good quality, the punch-down terminals are solidly constructed, and the backplane has a good rugged mounting. I would very much consider buying additional Steren hardware in the future, should the need arise!

My 1984 built home has suffered from wiring damage from the previous owner who tried to splice in line and just ended up messing it all up. I haven't had a POTS line in the house the entire time I have owned it (11 years). I finally decided I should have a land line of some kind as we recently added an all in one with FAX to cut down on costs from faxing at Fedex... I am using this hub to distribute Cat 5e through the house for VoIP. Not using it in a structured wiring cabinet though, but rather a network rack and mount board. So I had to strip the push connectors for the structured wiring cab off and screw it to the mount board. Connections are where it gets a little iffy. Using a standard 110 punchdown tool, you need to check, and double check your connections. These things aren't super tight at first, repunch them and check. Once set up, and the cable is tightly secured so that the weight of the cable can not break your connections, you are fine. Just be careful setting it up, and double check your work. This thing should work, it's just not very forgiving to installer mistakes.

Pretty solid product. Used it to clean up a mess of 9 phone extensions in my house - a mess left from successive Verizon and spectrum cable installers. Pulled them inside and got it all neatened up. Since I am never going to have 2, let alone 4, telco phone lines, I just jumped the first two pairs to the second two pairs and made a 12 line block from this 6 line block. Works well from what I have experienced this far.

Solidly made and so easy to wire the lines, no stripping required. . A punch down tool is necessary but all the wiring seems to be going this way anyway so would probably used again. This hub has room for 6 lines, the yellow taped spot is for security lines and the spot below is for attaching additional hubs.

Great product