Help with BT sockets

[TheGaffersSon]

I need to add a couple of BT sockets to a basement in a house I am working at. I dont have access to the existing BT points in the house, but I do have access to the cable that supplys them. Can I cut the cable and make a joint to feed the two new sockets?

Is there a limit to the number of BT points?

Thanks,
Jamie.

 

[bernardgreen]

I do have access to the cable that supplys them. Can I cut the cable.

No you cannot cut that cable, it belongs to BT and interfering with it is a breach of your contract with them ( or your service provider if not BT ).

 

[Jackrae]

Sounds more like wire tapping than adding sockets to an existing system, but who am I to judge. I would have thought that all subscribers to a BT service line must surely have access to the master socket that they (BT) have installed.

 

[TheGaffersSon]

im talking about physical access. Installing a cable to the socket would cause damage and require an amount of repair work.

Can I not break the cable with a socket instead? Even if this became the master and the others were therefore slave units?

 

[Jackrae]

Yes, you contact BT and request them to do it.
It'll probably be less expensive to access the existing master socket and do the resultant repair work.
As previously stated by another, the cable and the master socket are the property of BT.
If you screw with them they have the right to both prosecute you and, more importantly, disconnect your service - permanently !

 

[TheGaffersSon]

What is the alternative option without involving BT?

 

[bernardgreen]

What is the alternative option without involving BT?

There isn't any option that will not involve BT.

 

[TheGaffersSon]

Ok thanks. Does installing slave units from a master socket require BT too?

 

[Jackrae]

No, the nte5 master socket has facilities for DIY type installation of extension lines.

 

[TheGaffersSon]

thankyou