Do I need to get BT to remove an old white,oval GPO plastic point?

jenniferfluff29

Hi there

Looking for some advice. I have an old white/cream oval plastic box on my inside window frame. It looks like the black wire from the phone socket point near the floor goes up the inside of the wall, possibly connects into this white box and then possibly another cable feeds out the wall to the BT pole?

Does anyone know if this is how these work and if I need to get BT in to repair it and how much it would cost?

Looking to get new windows.

Thanks
Fluff

rottertron

This is just a connector, one cable probably goes outside the house, the other to the master socket inside youre house. As long as youre phone works ok, the connector is fine.
Best to advise the window fitters that the box is there when they come to fit the windows, so they can work around it.

spike7451

Is this it?

If it's the same or similar then yes,you'll need BT to remove or relocate it.anything from the NTE5 is BT's responsibility & it's illigal to interear with it.
Here's BT's price list:
http://www.serviceview.bt.com/list/public/current/Misc_boo/1393_d0e1.htm

BT_company_representative

Hi jenniferfluff29, I have sent you a PM with some information on it

JustPassingBy

BT_company_representative wrote: »

Hi jenniferfluff29, I have sent you a PM with some information on it

Deary, deary me. This is an old white/cream oval piece of plastic which is being asked about, not the intricate details of a BT account or an involved billing issue. If everyone in this forum replied in a similar fashion to you we'd very soon have everything behind closed doors.

The information in your PM might be spot on. Who knows? It is not open to scrutiny like the informative posts before yours.

Heinz

JustPassingBy wrote: »

Deary, deary me. This is an old white/cream oval piece of plastic which is being asked about, not the intricate details of a BT account or an involved billing issue.

Actually, it's a junction box which is the property of the General Post Office!

JustPassingBy

Heinz wrote: »

Actually, it's a junction box which is the property of the General Post Office!

Was that the information given to jenniferfluff29 in the PM, I wonder? Perhaps the GPO want it back to refurbish in a more fetching colour!

Buzby

It's BT now - who still use these boxes (or later variants) to switch from external dropwitre to internal cable - it remains a necessary part of the BT installation, irrespective of whether it claims GPO or PoT.

Le73Uq86Uv

I want one, is it a free upgrade?

jenniferfluff29

Hi guys,

Spike7451 - that is the box that I have.

I have checked where the BT line runs to. It looks like there has been a new line in (I think) at some point and it comes straight in at the bottom of the house behind the white BT box that I plug my phone into. The GPO oval box is further up the window and therefore not a link between the inside point and the outside line. I am therefore going to remove the GPO point and just leave the wire in situ for the window guys to cover over with the new window cills. Not sure if the wire from the GPO oval box is still connected in some way to the BT white box at the bottom of the wall.

For info, the message that I got from the BT rep was to offer me a new white BT phone point for £195. Thank god I do not need one of these.

Thanks for all your help guys.

Fluff

espresso

jenniferfluff29 wrote: »

For info, the message that I got from the BT rep was to offer me a new white BT phone point for £195. Thank god I do not need one of these.

:rotfl:

They have got a sense of humour these BT guys haven't they!

Now we know why the info was given by PM.