8 Dec 2020 | Uncategorised |
Phone dead, internet working. Impossible? Well no, actually. As an engineer, I was utterly baffled the first time that I encountered this problem . The customer must be wrong. A short conversation. “Are you sure that you’re not using next door’s...
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...
1 Apr 2019 | Home Phone Repair |
Once again, a quick look at Google reveals that lots of people ask questions around the subject of “BT master socket wiring orange white” (Really? OK Google, we’ll believe you). It looks to us that the whole area of phone socket wiring and cables confuses folks....
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,...
