BT and putting another phone socket in

sammyy

Hi thewaltons.What do you need the line for?If its just for calls would it not be simpler to buy a cheap couple of dect phones?Have one plugged into the main socket and the other you can place wherever you want.

TheWaltons_3

sammyy wrote: »

Hi thewaltons.What do you need the line for?If its just for calls would it not be simpler to buy a cheap couple of dect phones?Have one plugged into the main socket and the other you can place wherever you want.

We only have one main socket - at the moment we have a line trailing right across the house like a trip wire, causing several injuries a month!

TheWaltons_3

Drunkstar wrote: »

An extension (at last check) costs around the £150 - £160 mark. That includes the engineer call out fee.


I havent been at work for 2 weeks, so im a tad rusty on the price I am afraid.

Even at BT's rising costs.... I am sure they haven't gone up that much in a fortnight!

Thanks!

Heinz

TheWaltons wrote: »

We only have one main socket - at the moment we have a line trailing right across the house like a trip wire, causing several injuries a month!

That's the point of (cordless) DECT phones - one base station (plugged into the BT socket and the mains) and handsets wherever else within the house you want them. No trailing wires.

sammyy

Like Heinz says,the additional phones only need an electrical socket and not a phone socket.

ginger_nuts

sammyy wrote: »

Like Heinz says,the additional phones only need an electrical socket and not a phone socket.

and if you dont have an electrical socket beside your main phone socket ( I dont ) then your back to extentions .

Drunkstar

TheWaltons wrote: »

Even at BT's rising costs.... I am sure they haven't gone up that much in a fortnight!

Thanks!

The full cost, including VAT is £166.33. £50 is the extension, the rest is the engineer call out charge.

Yeah, Im back at work. Yey. :P