12 Oct 2020 | Home Phone Repair |
I’ve recently worked on installing cat 6a cable, but was reminded how it differs from cat 5e. Some folks may rush into installing cat 6a cable, thinking “cable is just cable”. However, even after some experience installing it, I find it a challenge. It has to be...
3 Aug 2020 | Home Phone Repair |
How do I install Cat 5 cable in my house? Google tells me that this is a frequently-asked question. There are also others. In this blog, I try and answer some of them. Who am I? An independent engineer,based in North East England, with experience of cabling houses,...
27 Jul 2020 | Home Phone Repair |
Google claims that lots of questions are asked about telephone cable. Therefore, some of the popular ones are gathered here. They are straight from Google’s “People Also Ask…” . What type of cable is used for telephone lines? – Copper...
15 Jun 2020 | Home Phone Repair |
Moving your internet router? Yes, it’s possible. Typically, it’s near the front door, because that’s where your master socket is. It’s probably the worst possible place for it – no power socket, easily kicked around, tripped over, chewed...
18 May 2020 | Home Phone Repair |
What is fibre broadband? There no shame in asking this! Here are our Fibre Broadband FAQ, based on what Google tells us folks are asking.. “Fibre” is broadband arriving at your property by means of fibre optic cable. In the past, this was carried over...
3 Apr 2020 | Home Phone Repair |
I’ve noticed that the query “How To Wire a Master Socket” crops up frequently on Google. We’ve blogged on this topic in recent times, so it might be worth taking a look here,too. As a telephone engineer, it would pay me to make things very complex and...
