Help - BT have taken away our broadband socket!

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^wot he said!

pop to b+q and get a diy extension kit, should be a tenner or so, and do it yourself, takes just a few minutes and is dead easy.

Don't tell BT, but there is not a single millimetre of their wiring, nor any of their equipment, in my house

vaio

thescouselander wrote: »

Thats just scare-mongering IMHO. EM radiation is everywhere, some of it is naturally occurring - you cant escape it unless you lock yourself in a giant faraday cage.

You might not bother with wi-fi but that doesn't stop next door installing it. What about all the mobile phones and mobile phone masts around or the radiation from satellites beaming down onto you from space - and thats on top of cosmic rays too.

There are far more dangerous things to get worked up about.

and if you are still worried I have a pattern for a very fetching tin foil hat

mrcrazy04

Another alternative would be to move the wireless router to the existing phone socket, and then run ethernet cable over the 20 foot distance (you can buy 20-30ft ethernet cables from smaller computer shops quite reasonably) to the desktop computer.

BikerEd

andy2004 wrote: »

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Networking-Wired/Powerline/Novatech/NOVATECH85MBPSPOWERLINETWIN.html

twinpack for the powerline, Novatech 85Mbps PowerLine Adapter, Twin Pack, Turns Any Electrical Outlet into a Home Network Connection.

Cheaper and better is Solwise, a company that really knows about HomePlug and gives great advice on the phone if you need it - http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline.htm

isofa

Also it's worth pointing out, that it's completely legal to install your own extensions in your house, BTs responsibility ends with the main cable that terminates in your master socket, from there on you can do what you like, as long as you don't misconnect and cause a fault. Installing an extension is simplicity itself. If you already have the socket and cable but it was installed incorrectly, read up about it, or get a local knowledgeable person, connect 2 wires to the consumer section of the master socket and two in the extension socket. The 3rd "bell" wire should not be connected.

If you live in a modern (paper wall!) house wi-fi will be ok, providing you understand security and how to set it up. In an old solid house, it is usually poor.

Homeplug / Powerline (mains networking) is a good option but more expensive.

My main question is why did BT disconnect the socket, why didn't they just wire it up correctly, would have taken them 5 minutes max. If they charge you, I'd suggest you query it further.

missile

OP did not say what was wrong with the extension? I hope it was not down to having no filter installed on the line?

I would install a socket, but (in your case) a 20 feet extension may be the way to go. You can get whatever you need at Maplin >
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=telephone extension&source=15

espresso

andy2004 wrote: »

I personally put in a extension lead for telephone line, you need a cable, and a socket,
and have to remember which wires you used at both ends
both ends must add to 7, so when your connecting up 1-6 2-6 or 3-4 are the connections 2 of the wires go to, then you have to connected the ringer wire up. basically use the same connections on the bt line socket, and on the other end copy the original socket again. then its just a matter of fixing it.

Please ignore this wiring information as it is incorrect.

Only two wires should be connected:

2 at the master to 2 at the extension
5 at the master to 5 at the extension.

The conventional colours used are 2 - blue with white bands and 5 - white with blue bands although the colour does not matter.

There really is not need for wireless or power line adaptors in this case, just reinstate the extension wired correctly.

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savemoney

All I did when I moved house was get a telephone extension as main phone socket is in hallway. And run that extension along skirting and door frame into back room, you can hardly notice it as the cable is so thin. I think it costs me around £5 for cable and clips from Wilkinsons

payless

Did you ( or anyone else) check phone/ BB connection at master socket before calling out BT ..

2 things come to mind
1. This work is usually chargeable
2. Is it possible the extension was OK, but they used it as an excuse ( and therefore chargeable!)

kwikbreaks

The thing to be wary of if you intend to run an ADSL router on the extension is the need to avoid having a ring wire which is likely to feed electrical noise back through the ring capacitor onto the ADSL pair which will reduce the sync rate.

A hard wired extension which fits onto the telephone faceplate connecting only #2 and #5 is the best option as there will then be no ringwire and the cable pairs are twisted which reduces noise pickup.

With a flat plugin extension the pair is not twisted and there will be a ringwire which you cannot disconnect without either cutting into the cable (and probably damaging it) or fitting an iPlate which filters the ring wire.

If that care is not taken you could easily be losing 0.5Mbps or more.