Who can connect a telephone master socket?

WIAWSNB · 3 August at 4:43PM

Eldi_Dos said:

WIAWSNB said:

Eldi_Dos said:

If there is no service at the moment it is unlikely that the cable is "live", that would most likely happen when new service is commissioned and work done in exchange, cabinet and customers premises to bring new circuit into use.
Not necessary true that you only need two wires put through for it to work, which is why I asked if the two cables are compatible.

Thanks. I presume there was an active service with the previous occupant - it's an old-looking cable, and an old pic shows a master socket in a now-removed wall. That's where the cable was found - under a floor board.
Whether it was made inactive before the renovations, I don't know.

If there has not been a active service to the premises for a while there is a good chance in a busy urban enviroment like London that a engineer could have used that "spare pair" in the network to feed another subscriber or replace a faulty pair on someones line.

I believe when they plan new FTTP, if they can avoid it they do not spend money on the metallic path, which will only have a limited lifespan now, hence spare pairs being used up more than before.

Anyway I am having a disappointing afternoon, Dundee Cake failed to rise in the oven, cannot work out what went wrong and I am going to have to wait till next Sunday for half price electricity to try again.
Anyone got any tips on how to use a cake with a unrisen stodgy centre.