My server currently runs in the loft and I have a somewhat threadbare
telephone extension lead trailing up the stairs and through the loft
hatch which supplies my ADSL connection.

As our house is supplied via telegraph pole the main pair meets the
house at roof level and then comes down the front of the house before
coming in alongside the front door. I was wondering about merely
disconnecting the master socket and pulling the external cable back
through the wall before running it into the loft under the barge
boards. I can then run a slave socket back to the location of the
original socket by the front door.

It is frowned upon to relocate the master socket? I ask this as it
will of course be in the loft rather than merely moving it into a
different room.

Also does anyone know of a supplier of exterior grade telephone cable
(preferably black) that I can use to run the new slave socket back
down to old master socket location.

Regards,
Jason.

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