Your Master Socket and How To Avoid A Large Bill
As a telephone engineer, I’ve met a few customers that have ended up with a big bill all because of their master socket, and the use of it. (No, it won’t automatically dial the speaking clock in...
View ArticleCan I Move My BT Master Socket? A Telephone Engineer Gives His Advice…
As a telephone engineer, I’m asked regularly “can I move my BT master socket?”. The official, short, simple answer is “no”. Sorry. But.. (Incidentally, if you think you’ve landed on the wrong page,...
View ArticleWhat Does a Telephone Engineer Cost? And Why? A Fair Price?
So,what does a telephone engineer cost? What’s an expected price for home phone and cabling repair? Typically, Openreach (the organisation that covers what BT used to do), will charge upwards of...
View ArticleTelephone Engineer Resource at Wilton
Our base is only a 20 minute drive from the (former ICI) Wilton International Site (between Middlesbrough and Redcar on Teesside). We Know Our Way Around Our relationship with the Wilton Complex, both...
View ArticleTelephones For The Elderly – A Telephone Engineer Gives Some Practical Advice
I had elderly parents, both with some degree of dementia. They lived over a hundred miles from me. Keeping in touch was important. So, hopefully I can bring a telephone engineer’s perspective on the...
View ArticleHow to Move Your BT Master Socket (Without Actually Moving It) – Advice from...
In an earlier blog (that people seemed to like!), I explained in no uncertain terms that moving your BT Master socket was potentially A Bad Idea. But That’s Not The Full Story… There is a way of...
View ArticlePhone Wiring Repair and Connectors – Some Tips From A Telephone Engineer.
Because telephone wires (the ones that connect your phones to the master socket in your house) are so small, people don’t seem to take phone wiring repair very seriously. The result is that people...
View ArticleMoving Your BT Infinity Master Socket. A Phone Engineer’s Advice
First of all, I’ve got to make it very clear that moving a BT Infinity Master Socket (or any other BT master socket) isn’t really something you should do. (Well, not officially…). It’s the equivalent...
View ArticlePhone Extension Wiring – Which Type of Cable?
I’m often asked about phone extension wiring, usually when folks don’t want move their master socket . Elsewhere I’ve blogged on how to connect phone extension wiring together. But not on the...
View Article“Phone dead, Internet Working”. (What’s going on?)
Phone dead, internet working. Impossible? Well no, actually. As an engineer, I was utterly baffled the first time that I encountered this problem . The customer must be wrong. A short conversation....
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