BT wiring

tartanannie

I am decorating and would like to remove wiring and boxes from my old BT line. If I have Virgin as a telephone provider and this is cable,would it be ok to take all this out?I would really appeciate some advice as I have phoned their Tech department and they were worse than useless at an expensive call rate.Thank you.

dld2s

I did, i've never had a problem, taped up the ends (don't think anything would happen if I hadn't but played safe) Possible problem would be if you wanted to go with BT again and maybe having to find the wiring, although i'm sure the BT engineer would have a solution.

~Chameleon~

You're not allowed to remove any of the wiring that comes into your house and runs to the master socket as this, and the master socket, actually belongs to BT and they can fine you for tampering with it apparently. You can certainly take out any extension wiring or sockets after the master socket though.

If you plan never to move house or ever have a BT phone re-connected then you may get away with them not finding out, but it's a risk you take

malamute

Agree with all above posts if your love affair with virgin ends then you would probably need a fully functional BT line. The BT master as posters have said is not yours to modify and by you asking this question i would also question your capability carrying out any of your proposed modifications.

roswell

Ok call me stupid but surly if the op wanted to go back to BT they would just pay a reconnection fee, And as long as they know where the master line in is and leaves enough to make a connection its not rocket science to wire the socket back in before goign back to BT and would cost less than £10.

fingerman

I'd hide the cabling or move the master socket - BT are not to know that the master socket has been removed.

If you ever go back to BT just make sure it's easy to connect back up.

nickyvicar

Slightly off topic, I am redecorating. Anyone here know the cheapest place online for new cable and clips?
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squeaky

I wanted to move my master socket and the answer was no, it must be done by BT because it is their equipment.

Later, I wanted to disconnect it so that I could tidy up the route it took and to put it inside mini trunking which looks better than a cable nailed across the middle of the wall; and again was told no - you can't do that, BT must do it.

Hmmm...

cajef

As has been stated the line and master socket are BT property and it is illegal to tamper with them, however many people do.

If you wire it incorrectly or if you ever have to call BT in for a problem on your line and they discover it has been tampered with they can disconnect you and refuse to continue giving you a service.

If you have a proper Krone tool and can re-wire the socket so as any BT engineer would not realise it had been touched you would get away with it, however if you make a mess of the wiring you would risk losing your telephone service.

silvercar

If you want to go back to BT, you would deny all knowledge of the BT socket and wiring (blame the previous occupier). BT would fit a new socket and wiring and charge you a reconnection fee, currently about £125.

cajef

silvercar wrote: »

If you want to go back to BT, you would deny all knowledge of the BT socket and wiring (blame the previous occupier).

Tricky if you have had the service working at that address, you would be on record as the last user so unless you change your name they would know if it was you, different if you are a new owner of the house then you could blame the previous occupier provided you reported it within a reasonable time after you moved in.