22 Dec 2020 | Home Phone Repair |
It’s not that difficult joining phone and data cables with “punch-down” connectors. I mean those found on the back of phone and ethernet sockets. Simply, all that’s needed are the right components and tools. However, use the wrong tools, and you risk...
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...
27 Jul 2020 | Home Phone Repair |
Google claims that lots of questions are asked about telephone cable. Therefore, some of the popular ones are gathered here. They are straight from Google’s “People Also Ask…” . What type of cable is used for telephone lines? – Copper...
3 Apr 2020 | Home Phone Repair |
I’ve noticed that the query “How To Wire a Master Socket” crops up frequently on Google. We’ve blogged on this topic in recent times, so it might be worth taking a look here,too. As a telephone engineer, it would pay me to make things very complex and...
15 Mar 2019 | Engineering |
A quick look at Google reveals that in the light of The Great ISDN Switch Off, many folks are asking basic questions about ISDN itself. There’s no sales pitch in this blog – I am simply a (hopefully) impartial independent telephone engineer working in North East...
