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 at an opened junction box in the garage. There was also an alarm branched from this line. The ADSL router was plugged into an old master socket in the living room (small type). The ADSL speed was lousy and the connection temperamental so I ran a fresh cable and socket to a more sensible part of the house. I disconnected all the original wiring from the junction box but left it all in situ. The ADSL speed has more or less doubled since
My local exchange has recently become fibre enabled, with FTTC available to my area. My preferred ISP runs an install where a BT engineer comes round to your house to install a new faceplate and modem. So, do I......
1. Own up to the changes I've made and see if he'll work with my new wiring?
2. Hook up the old wiring while hiding my new wiring. Have him make the faceplate upgrade to the old master socket, then change it back to my new wiring when he leaves?
3. Hook up the old wiring but show him my new wiring, saying that I've done all the work for him and all he has to do is switch the wiring over, hoping that he doesn't suspect that I've been-a-tampering?
4. Something else?
I don't want to have an engineer out who then refuses to do any work. I've heard that this is a risk, but never heard of it actually happening.
Thanks 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 at an opened junction box in the garage. There was also an alarm branched from this line. The ADSL router was plugged into an old master socket in the living room (small type). The ADSL speed was lousy and the connection temperamental so I ran a fresh cable and socket to a more sensible part of the house. I disconnected all the original wiring from the junction box but left it all in situ. The ADSL speed has more or less doubled since
My local exchange has recently become fibre enabled, with FTTC available to my area. My preferred ISP runs an install where a BT engineer comes round to your house to install a new faceplate and modem. So, do I......
1. Own up to the changes I've made and see if he'll work with my new wiring?
2. Hook up the old wiring while hiding my new wiring. Have him make the faceplate upgrade to the old master socket, then change it back to my new wiring when he leaves?
3. Hook up the old wiring but show him my new wiring, saying that I've done all the work for him and all he has to do is switch the wiring over, hoping that he doesn't suspect that I've been-a-tampering?
4. Something else?
I don't want to have an engineer out who then refuses to do any work. I've heard that this is a risk, but never heard of it actually happening.
Thanks all!
