Ill be getting CenturyLink DSL in a couple of months, and they want to provide a separate line to my house for the DSL feed (separate from the POTS feed I now have). I have a new demarcation box (with surge protection) for the DSL, and plan to run a shielded CAT6 line to an attic distribution block (Steren 550-030) from which Ill make a drop to a dual telephone outlet (which currently is a single POTS outlet), and then to the router from there. The dual outlet will have the analog POTS and DSL available.
My question is, can I use the shielded CAT6 at some future time to consolidate the analog and DSL from the their two demarcation points in the single cable run to the distribution block or would it be better to keep each in its own cable run? Also, can I run both analog and DSL from the distribution block to dual telephone outlets using the same cable (unshielded CAT6) or should I keep those as two separate cable runs? Ill be gradually upgrading my house telephone wiring so it would be handy to know which options are best. See the attached diagram for reference. Thanks.
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