RE: BT Wiring Help Needed

["Jonathan Hall" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is the junction box between you master socket and the line into the
house?
When I first moved into my house the wire from the pole outside terminated
in a little box and then a wire ran from that to the master socket.



If you think you may have a wiring problem after the BT master socket, i.e.
the private wires in your house then plug the router/ modem into the master
socket and see if you still get problems.  If it works OK there then it
will
be the wiring in the house.



Mind you BT are buggers, I spent 14 years in the RAF as a telecoms tech,
when I phoned them to say there was a problem with my line I had to force
them to come out, they kept saying it was my phone, I said I think I know a
dodgy line when I hear one. They sent a bloke out and I was right, a branch
on the tree had rubbed through the insulation of the wires and they were
shorting together.



Cheers

Jonathan









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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
darren_karp2001
Sent: 20 July 2006 14:32
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] BT Wiring Help Needed



Hi all,

I've been having terrible intermitent broadband problems over the
last few weeks, culminating in a drop every few minutes. After
speaking to my ISP (ukonline) who were excellent I must add it would
appear to be a poor s/n ratio at my end.

I just spoke to BT (a la call centre in India) who also said the
poor signal is due to cables inside my home and offered no other
help or advice whatsoever.

I have two lines coming into my home from outside, a small junction
box is above my front door (inside the home). And from there I have
six sockets around the house of which only two currently have DECT
phones attached. One other socket is used for the router.

Would I be okay running a new cable from the junction box above the
front door to a new socket to see if that solves the problem or am I
wasting my time?

TIA
Darren





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