BT sockets and the like

Gray-Fox

I've just moved into a house share and re-activated the phone line that was there before. The only problem is, is that the only working socket in the house is not in my room, it's in one of the empty-but-soon-to-be-occupied rooms.

I want to get broadband, but I need that phone socket moving to my room first, as my landlord is reluctant to let me have an extension cable running through the house. There are three other inactive BT sockets in the house (the nearest one to my unsocketed room is in the kitchen).

Can anyone give me any ideas of how I can get either a) a new socket placed into my room without paying the ridiculous fees from BT, or b) how I can get the kitchen socket working again so I can convince the landlord to let me run an extension over that much shorter length as opposed to all through the house.

skint999

Its possible that the extra phone lines are additional line that the previous occupant had installed, i.e. different phone number. You can get extensions that come with a box that you can attach to the wall, or call a local electrician for a quote.
Ensure that they will take liability if they cause fault or damage to existing bt line and require a BT engineer.

Gray-Fox

skint999 wrote: »

Its possible that the extra phone lines are additional line that the previous occupant had installed, i.e. different phone number.

Possibly. The landlord said they have been dead ever since he bought the house though.

Thanks.

lineman_2

Have a look in the yellow pages or Thompson under Telecommunication. There are loads of one man bands who will come and move, extend as required.