16 Nov 2018 | Recycling |
We’re soon to enter our twentieth year of removing legacy PBX of all sizes. We are mainly engineers these days, putting things in, rather than taking them out, and fixing faults. However, we love going “back to our roots” in removing large systems from tight...
30 May 2018 | Engineering, Home Phone Repair |
Moving your master socket and getting a bill. Sadly, it’s quite easy. Moving your master socket is easy. Your service arrives via two wires, and all you have to do cut, extend and re-joint your cable. Well, in theory, that is… The Official Line However,...
27 Apr 2018 | Home Phone Repair |
BT dropwire telephone cable – we shouldn’t really be talking about it, as it runs from the master socket onto the BT (more correctly Openreach) network. Of course, no-one ever gets involved with that side of the network, do they…? This blog, therefore,...
12 Apr 2018 | Home Phone Repair |
Moving your master socket seems to be a very hot topic for our blog readers. It’s actually a kind of “yes, but no” topic, rather than a straight answer. My simple opinion as a local telephone engineer is:- “Yes you can (unofficially)”...
31 Mar 2017 | Home Phone Repair |
The BT Openreach New NTE5C Master Socket (with the Mk4 frontplate) has been available for some time now. As I’m a telephone engineer, who has dealt with master sockets for years, I thought I’d give a guided tour Before We Start… If you don’t...
