Recent content by Edfred55

Thanks for the replies everyone. I did use proper "BT spec" cable and master sockets so I'll make sure it looks tidy and legit and just plead ignorance if questioned. :twisted:

Hi all, I wanted to gauge some opinion before upgrading from DSL to fibre. Bit of background... we've recently moved into a new house where the internal phone wiring was a bit all over the place. It had a master socket and an additional five extensions, all branched from the master line in...

Fault was fixed early on Tuesday morning. We didn't see an engineer at all so I guess the fault was with the network somewhere. Thanks for all your help and replies!

Thanks for the reply! Yes I did read about the 50v DC, I did check and couldn't get any voltage reading. So, "bumping off" sounds dodgy. Will they be aware of this or will they need to try and "trace" it as a fault? Either way i think they should be waiving my line rental this month.

Hi, I'm interested to find out how Openreach go about fixing a faulty residential line. My phone and internet went dead two days ago. I have registered the fault with bt and have an estimated fix date of next Wednesday (6 days total). I'm hoping they will want to check their end of things...