How to tell which is your master socket?

brewerdave

If you are getting Sky to install the line I think you would have to ask them -I believe that BT charge up to £199 to carry out a job like that

JustAnotherSaver

Ouch, £200

Had a look at where the line enters the house & it looks like the living room. There's a socket in the living room, the hall & the bedroom but it's only into the living room that we can see a wire.

This is said socket:



Wonder if this can be upgraded to a broadband & phone line unit?

brewerdave

That looks like an NTE5 master socket to me -if so, it can be upgraded -but still don't think that they would do it UNLESS you come up with the shekels!!!

JustAnotherSaver

brewerdave wrote: »

That looks like an NTE5 master socket to me -if so, it can be upgraded -but still don't think that they would do it UNLESS you come up with the shekels!!!

So just a case of getting a new faceplate then with the 2 sockets on?

ValHaller

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

So just a case of getting a new faceplate then with the 2 sockets on?

Get this one: http://www.telephone-wiring.co.uk/vdsl-bt-infinity-i-plate-665-p.asp the infinity i-plate. Don't confuse it with this one: http://www.telephone-wiring.co.uk/bt-i-plate-and-broadband-accelerator-93-p.asp, the i-plate broadband accelerator.

The recommended one has a single broadband socket, but you slip it behind the lower faceplate to keep the existing phone socket.

JustAnotherSaver

Sweet. Thanks.

Come to think of it, i'm sure i bought a new faceplate off eBay a few years ago for my parents house, which had both connections.

ValHaller

Yes, there are still all of the 2 socket designs on the market. I would still go for the one I suggested. It is an entirely passive design, meaning it will last more or less for ever. And of course you still get the 2 sockets.