[I Buried My Guns]

I do not have a landline, but if I did it would be solely to possess a source of electricity during outages (such as Hurricane Ike, which left us unpowered for two weeks).

I think a landline is 5 or 6 volts, which is enough to power LEDs and even recharge a cell phone, if you rig it correctly (hey, that may be the definition of irony right there).

Question: If I do not subscribe to a landline service, will the phone company know I hacked into their box and am stealing their 5 volts?

[raybbr]

Question: If I do not subscribe to a landline service, will the phone company know I hacked into their box and am stealing their 5 volts?

If you have no dial tone then you have no voltage. Can't hack something that isn't there. Unless you are talking about going to a main box.

[Clay Moore]

Ring voltage on a copper line is over 100 volts. It WILL shock you.