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...
22 Dec 2016 | Home Phone Repair |
I’m often asked about phone extension wiring, usually when folks don’t want move their master socket . Elsewhere I’ve blogged on how to connect phone extension wiring together. But not on the importance of choice of cable. You might have “Superfast...
14 Apr 2016 | Home Phone Repair |
As a local independent telephone engineer, based in the Middlesbrough and Stockton on Tees area in the UK, one of my key jobs, on behalf of my customers is dealing with the dreaded ISP Customer Service Department. I am called by home users who have a problem with...
25 Nov 2014 | Home Phone Repair |
I had elderly parents, both with some degree of dementia. They lived over a hundred miles from me. Keeping in touch was important. So, hopefully I can bring a telephone engineer’s perspective on the whole topic of Telephones For The Elderly. Here are some things...
19 Nov 2014 | Engineering, Home Phone Repair |
Adding telephone extension wiring from your Master Socket is easy, isn’t it? Well, yes and no. As a telephone engineer with a background in business telephone systems, I’ve always wondered why my colleagues have avoided working on home installations. Over...
19 Nov 2014 | Home Phone Repair |
I recently installed a garden office phone line, and thought I’d share some observations and findings. I’m a telephone engineer , and used to getting cables both into and out of unusual places! The customer was coping by dangling her cordless base station...
