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...
21 Mar 2013 | Home Phone Repair |
I’m a local, independent telephone and broadband engineer, based in the Stockton on Tees and Middlesbrough area. So, my slow broadband speed causes come from working on “the front line”, rather than from theory. And I’m looking at wired...
15 Mar 2013 | Home Phone Repair |
As an independent telephone engineer, based in Stockton on Tees, I’m often called by local customers who report their Sky phone line not working. So, if you’ve gone through Sky’s very helpful pages on the fault-tracing process, and still have...
11 Jan 2013 | Home Phone Repair, Recycling |
We get asked a lot, “How can I recycle old land line phones” ? (Now, if you’re a business reading this, please note that this blog post relates to home users. If you have bulk phones for disposal, please get in touch. They may actually be worth something. But...
