Brian Gaff wrote

This does beg the question, however what would make a randomly placed
filter go down suddenly?

Usual problem, wire breaks etc. Pretty fine wire too.

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BT line with phone and broadband.

Broadband is working OK and that has its own socket on the master socket.

I can only get the phone working if I plug directly into the socket
behind the face plate on the master socket. If I plug into the socket on
the faceplate, I don't get anything at all. BT have suggested that the
micro filter on the faceplate has failed, but I've replaced that with a
new one, and that doesn't work either.


I'm happy to report that the problem appears to have been resolved.

Going back to the days of ADSL, extension sockets numbers 2 & 4 in the
chain had in built filters. It looks as though the problem was with the
face plate on number 2. When I disconnected wire 2 (Line B ?), I could
get a dialling tone on the handset plugged in between it and the master
socket, when I reconnected line 2, it didn't work. Fortunately, I had a
spare, plain, face plate which I've swapped it for, and I'm now back in
business. It looks as though Mr B.T's diagnosis of a failed filter was
right, just the wrong one.

Many thanks for the suggestions.

Adrian
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