Good point, Greg.
As the work the telephone company does within your home ... it might help to remember that such was not addressed, at all, by the NEC until fairly recently. The 80's? 90's? I'm not sure. Prior to the breakup of the Bell System, the phone company asserted ownership, and control over, ALL telephone equipment.
Today, the 2008 NEC specifies that new construction come with at least one phone jack - suggesting that the sparky is expected to install it.
Things sure have changed.
