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For ease of the job you might want to try to tap on to one of the phone jacks installed already in the house. For the most they are fed from the basement up the walls, so if you find one for example in the living room 12" off the floor it should be far easier to attach the wires to this jack, drop the line down (or feed it up from the basement) the wall and then to where ever you want it in the basement.