I’d like to replace the plastic cover of my telephone point with a nice metal one but I’m stuck with the wiring. Hopefully the photos do the explaining. Thanks.
Simply put, it belongs to Openreach and you can't change it for a decorative one.
and most likely charge you £200 for doing so as well.if BT/Openreach ever see it they will remove it and bin it.
The orange is the bell wire - if you have extensions.
The orange is the bell wire - if you have extensions.
They don't. However they do know that they never install "nice metal" telephone points as the NTE. The range of equipment that they expect to find as the NTE is very limited.I am not convinced that Openreach know what hardware exists in each house.
Out of interest... although I appreciate the the NTE box is the property of BT, the house that I am currently working in has no NTE box. It still has the oval box that runs to a small surface mount socket which then has a cable running to a slave socket. My customer only plans to use the line for BT broadband but his other half wants a single landline phone. I have recommended using an old NTE5 box (purchased from eBay etc). I am not convinced that Openreach know what hardware exists in each house.
Do phones still need the bell wire (other than retro phones)?
Why have you got two wires in 3 and 2? If you had two in 2,3 and 5 I would have assumed that you have an extension running from it but I can't see how that extension would work with only 3 and 2.
I vaguely recall being told that 4 was reserved for "future use". I never did find out what that future use was.
First of all, if it's only being used for broadband you do not require any filter. If it's used this way all you require is a cable with a 'telephone' type plug to 6P2C plug, also there should be no extention wiring after where the router is plugged in. As a result of other recent threads I understand this is no longer supplied with routersOut of interest... although I appreciate the the NTE box is the property of BT, the house that I am currently working in has no NTE box. It still has the oval box that runs to a small surface mount socket which then has a cable running to a slave socket. My customer only plans to use the line for BT broadband but his other half wants a single landline phone. I have recommended using an old NTE5 box (purchased from eBay etc). I am not convinced that Openreach know what hardware exists in each house.
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