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To do it this way it must be terminated on bix and this is usually wall mounted on a 3/4 inch plywood back board near the demarcation point.
This method would work good in a oil field mobile field office if you can't add more wire. This method is clean, neat , no splicing or dice-ing and I have my house done this way since 1999 it works great no problems yet. I use your standard telephone and plug all my computors in with a standard patch cord. The old telephone phone tech who hooked up my DSL said he never seen it done this way before , once I explained everything to him he like it and I am sure his house is now done the smart way...This Cabling Design Techology was first developed in 1976. What is great about this method it weeds out the computer geeks and phone tech wanabee's that should leave the cabling to a pro.
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https://www.associatedtelephone.com/file_library/products/bixcross.pdf

The OLD School Method:
This pile of crap works ok, but was installed by computer geeks and a phone tech wanabee. It appears like a fire hazard and should be re-done?
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Not enough typos on that website...

I didn't see any
https://www.associatedtelephone.com/file_library/products/bixcross.pdf

I guess its too late to put the office back on the doilies and sent it back to the plant and have them wire it the way the prints showed?

I have used the Greenlee long bits a few times and find they don't always come out where you want them to.

The split cable idea is really not applicable here for the simple reason the OP said he was asked to install a second cable. When Wayne asked for other ideas I believe he was asking about ideas to do just that...install a second cable. Let's try to help him with that.

I have worked on buildings like this that were never wired except for power to begin with. Single story isn't so bad. Drill a hole in the first floor and mount a surface jack at baseboard height. I say this because getting into the walls is going to be tough and using the existing outlet and trying to enlarge the hole with result in the existing wire being damaged. Wiring the second floor...That's a tough one.

Other than opening the 1st floor wall floor-to-ceiling rotsa-ruck! Opening the wall isn't so bad IF you clear it with the customer, AND have a reliable, qualified sheetrock man to fix it, and even show you how a couple of times so that it can be repaired easily.

We spent the day on site. We fished twine between outlets on the main floor and the ceiling space in the basement. Had to pull base board back in a few places. Drilled down beside the modual furniture in some places. Used long bit to drill down and 3" hole saw to drill holes in the basement ceiling. Going back on Friday to finish. Have to fire caulk holes. Site manager said do what ever it takes. There was no splitting cables. Free standing rack in center of room telephone on the wall.