Just a point of interest really. Whenever I have looked at phone installations in a house the sockets all seem to be daisy chained on from the master socket, each one wired into the last one. To me this leaves a lot to be desired both in terms of flexibility and design.
If I were starting from scratch I would lay several lengths of cat 5 or cat 6 twisted pair cable to each room, originating at a central point (cupboard under the stairs, perhaps. In other words, a star configuration where every one of these cat5 cables radiated from one central point. I could then use each cable for telephone or data as I see fit by changing the wall plate at the room end and connecting the cable either to my network equipment or to a phone master socket at the central point. Obviously sticking to the maximum REN for the phone socket.
Is this allowed? If so is there a special type of master socket which could be used for this (perhaps with several sets of screw down terminals, like a junction box)?
If I were starting from scratch I would lay several lengths of cat 5 or cat 6 twisted pair cable to each room, originating at a central point (cupboard under the stairs, perhaps. In other words, a star configuration where every one of these cat5 cables radiated from one central point. I could then use each cable for telephone or data as I see fit by changing the wall plate at the room end and connecting the cable either to my network equipment or to a phone master socket at the central point. Obviously sticking to the maximum REN for the phone socket.
Is this allowed? If so is there a special type of master socket which could be used for this (perhaps with several sets of screw down terminals, like a junction box)?