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...
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...
13 Apr 2016 | Engineering |
First of all, I’ve got to make it very clear that moving a BT Infinity Master Socket (or any other BT master socket) isn’t really something you should do. (Well, not officially…). It’s the equivalent of moving your gas or electricity meter....
18 May 2015 | Engineering |
Because telephone wires (the ones that connect your phones to the master socket in your house) are so small, people don’t seem to take phone wiring repair very seriously. The result is that people struggle to make even the most embarrassingly messy and...
10 Feb 2015 | Engineering |
In an earlier blog (that people seemed to like!), I explained in no uncertain terms that moving your BT Master socket was potentially A Bad Idea. But That’s Not The Full Story… There is a way of translating exactly what your BT Master Socket does to...
