BT Cable Entry Cover

Sterlingtimes

I had to repair the BT plastic cable entry covers in my 20 year old house. It seems to me that a burglar could take the precaution of cutting off communications to the outside world very easily.

Anyway, I removed the cover, removed a lot of filth including earth, water, and a snail. I than put in new rawlplugs and screws.

Is there anything on the market that would give a better level of protection to the vital link?

DoaM

Are you talking about something like this?

https://bt.i.lithium.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/10397iC2436635C19CEA03?v=1.0

(Linked rather than embedded the image as it is large).

Sterlingtimes

DoaM wrote: »

Are you talking about something like this?

https://bt.i.lithium.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/10397iC2436635C19CEA03?v=1.0

(Linked rather than embedded the image as it is large).

Thank you, DoaM, that is identical.

BT was less than generous in the provision of screws originally and the plastic has become more brittle over 20 years. All in all damp dirty insider and now a security risk.

DoaM

Possibly a security risk, but with the prevalence of mobile phones it's not something a burglar is likely to bother with.

I realise that some house alarms are wired to the landline so as to call out if the alarm goes off, but a burglar won't be worried as he'd likely be in and out long before any security/police turned up. He'd be more interested in disabling the alarm sounder.

datostar

I'd speak to BT about it. I think there's a good chance they'll fix it for you (presumably it's their property anyway). Some years ago our incoming phone cable was cut by some miscreant. BT repaired it promptly with no charge.

Roland_Sausage

You can buy the parts here if you want to replace them with new.

https://www.comtecdirect.co.uk/product/bt-cable-entry-covers/PG4336

Norman_Castle

Replace the snail with a scorpion. Much more secure.

debitcardmayhem

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Replace the snail with a scorpion. Much more secure.

Fit a spitting cobra too:D

Sterlingtimes

Thank you, all, for your help.

A lot of house data is transmitted via the telephone line: alarms, cameras. But perhaps the casual burglar might not think too strategically. I will try to better seal the internal cable from dampness.

The clean up and snail removal did me a slight but measurable improvement in the downstream connection rate.