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New BT line, no sockets??
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loopyanna
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Hope that somebody can help me with this!
Am about to put an offer in on a house, went for a second viewing last night. It's just been renovated and as such there is nobody living there.
It wasn't til i got into bed last night i suddenly thought that whilst the vendor had pointed out every plug socket, aeriel point etc. he had not once mentioned any phone points!
Upon checking the HIP this morning i can see that it isn't connected to a phone line.
So, i understand that we can get a new line installed (free at the moment, thanks for the threads everyone!) but my question is does this include installation of phone sockets in the house? If so, how many?
Thanks in advance
Anna
Am about to put an offer in on a house, went for a second viewing last night. It's just been renovated and as such there is nobody living there.
It wasn't til i got into bed last night i suddenly thought that whilst the vendor had pointed out every plug socket, aeriel point etc. he had not once mentioned any phone points!
Upon checking the HIP this morning i can see that it isn't connected to a phone line.
So, i understand that we can get a new line installed (free at the moment, thanks for the threads everyone!) but my question is does this include installation of phone sockets in the house? If so, how many?
Thanks in advance
Anna
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One. The master socket. Extras you'd have to fit yourself or pay to have fitted.Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.0
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Thanks Heinz,
Does anyone know how much they charge for an additional socket to be fitted. I'd like on in the main bedroom as well - ideally!
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Hi Anna
No point in paying for extra scokets, just buy a cordless phone pack.
Thats what we did; 1 for the home office; 1 for the kitchen & 1 for the bedroom...Stuart0 -
Hi Stuart,
Do you ever worry that there will be a power cut and your cordless phones won't work and that you won't be able to find the landline downstairs and that something bad will happen.... or am i a worrier or the extreme variety!! lol! I think i've answered my own question there!0 -
The cordless phones still work even if the power is cut until the charged battery in them runs out. That will give you enough time for making short calls.... anyway don't you have your mobile under your pillow seeing as you are a worrywort?:rotfl:#6 of the SKI-ers Club :j
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke0 -
Lol!!! Well i worry that there might be no signal and an axe murderer roaming around downstairs....
Yes, i am insane. I will stop and get a cordless phone!!!
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Hi Stuart,
Do you ever worry that there will be a power cut and your cordless phones won't work and that you won't be able to find the landline downstairs and that something bad will happen.... or am i a worrier or the extreme variety!! lol! I think i've answered my own question there!
Hi Anna
We live in rural Norfolk ~ So we are used to having power cuts :mad: :eek: :mad:
We do have 3 mobile phones; 1 for me, 1 for my wife & 1 in the car (it came free
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The ONLY problem is ~ in rural Norfolk... There is NO mobile phone signal!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
The answer ~~~ Move house, thats why I'm in this section this morning trying to find the best phone deal...:T :T :TStuart0 -
Not in my experience.The cordless phones still work even if the power is cut until the charged battery in them runs out. That will give you enough time for making short calls.
The DECT (radio) base station to which each of the handset 'talks' will be un-powered - so calls (in or out) will be impossible.Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.0 -
Thanks Heinz,
Does anyone know how much they charge for an additional socket to be fitted. I'd like on in the main bedroom as well - ideally!
Anna
Don't ask BT to do it, they will charge an arm and a leg and your 'free connection' will be anything but? Get BT to do the master socket, and the get the other fitted yourself. Any handyperson can fit them.
Are you 100% sure there isn't already a BT line, or maybe a cable service?No free lunch, and no free laptop
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Cordless phones are safer if it's not the axe murderer but the strangler instead.Lol!!! Well i worry that there might be no signal and an axe murderer roaming around downstairs....
Yes, i am insane. I will stop and get a cordless phone!!!
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