Recent content by GeoffGrove

That Grey stuff is an older version of dropwire. It's like solid core speaker cable. Your broadband will work fine down it - in fact it's suprising just what your poor telephone line goes through to get to your house! Joint boxes full of water, aluminium cable, etc etc When you strip the black...

Hi Fabgav, You need to purchase on ebay some dropwire as it's known. That's the black cable BT use from the pole to your first master socket (assuming you are fed overhead). It's a good weatherproof external black cable and is the only thing that BT would run (other than a coloured leadin...

Yes Bernard is absolutely right and even when the bell circuit is removed, a filtered front plate still makes further improvements and works very well. I've tested speed with and without a plate in a few situations and it undoubtedly made a big difference each time. I recommend fitting one too...

Hi Taylor, The bell circuit used to be used to make all other sockets in the house ring. The master contains a capacitor which makes it ring. So 1 pair of wires is used for the line (dial tone and making calls, terminal 2 and 5) but this 1 bell wire acts as an aerial and picks up all kinds...

Hi, i'm new on this forum, good luck with your phone wiring and remember to leave the bell circuit wire off (terminal number 3) if you want to speed your internet connection up.