Phone line sockets.

Bumblefeet

I'm having sky installed today, BT eng came at 8.am to do something with the phone line. ( Currently we dont have a landline connection )
Question, We have 3 phone line sockets in the house, BT guy came and fiddled with the one in the hallway. ( presumably making the line active or something ) Does this now mean the other phone sockets will 'work' ? Not had a a landline before, lmao

Because.. I stupidly forgot there was a socket in the front room, hidden behind the pc desk, and the BT guy was saying i'd have to have my router in the hallway :eek: - So just wondering if the other sockets will be active ?



PS. Dont have a phone to check out the connection.

Naf

Impossible to tell you, I'm afraid. A test would be the only way to find out.
They could be old sockets from previous lines; extensions set up on previous connections that are no longer connected; or perhaps extensions that are still active. You need to plug something into them and see if they work.

littlereddevil

Can you have Sky without paying for a phone line?

TadleyBaggie

Nope, an active phone line (which means paying line rental) is a prerequisite. It doesn't have to be with Sky however.

macman

TadleyBaggie wrote: »

Nope, an active phone line (which means paying line rental) is a prerequisite. It doesn't have to be with Sky however.

No it is not. You can buy out that requirement at sign up for about £20.
The only exception is for Multirooom installs, when all boxes must be connected to conduct the calbacks.
Sky do not anyway enforce the phone connection requirement even with non-Multiroom installs, so you can uplug it once the installer leaves-and some installers don't even bother connecting them up.
OP, BT are only responsible for the master socket, or the first socket in the house-the others are down to you. BT will charge you a minimum of £130 to touch them, so better to fix them yourself or employ your own engineer/electrician/handyman.

phona

My flat has three sockets (a lot for the size of flat!) none of which worked when I tested with a phone. When the engineer from BT came to activate them he only went near one and all three worked as soon as he had left.
Maybe that doesn't happen for everyone; probably depends how it's configured. For me, there are visible cables connecting the points together so I guess two are just connected to the first like an extension cable.

It's important to note, however, that the one your engineer was working on would be the main/primary point, so you'll get your fastest broadband speeds with your router connected to that point.

ukcarper

phona wrote: »

My flat has three sockets (a lot for the size of flat!) none of which worked when I tested with a phone. When the engineer from BT came to activate them he only went near one and all three worked as soon as he had left.
Maybe that doesn't happen for everyone; probably depends how it's configured. For me, there are visible cables connecting the points together so I guess two are just connected to the first like an extension cable.

It's important to note, however, that the one your engineer was working on would be the main/primary point, so you'll get your fastest broadband speeds with your router connected to that point.

That is the most likely outcome