19 Nov 2020 | Home Phone Repair |
You may find that, when you take it gently apart, your old master socket has a bewildering number of components and terminals. Some customers have approached me, confused, asking for advice. It’s obviously time to write something Changing your old master...
9 Apr 2019 | Home Phone Repair |
In recent blogs, I’ve addressed frequently asked questions relating to home phone lines. Here’s the next one – the “cut internal phone line” I’ve included the cable on the outside of your property, too. This tends to induce more of a panic...
6 Mar 2019 | Engineering |
I’m a telephone and cabling engineer working in the North East of England. I spend some of my time cabling challenging places such as pubs and houses with data cabling. I’m often asked by private customers about wiring a house for ethernet (Cat 5e/Cat 6)....
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)”...
