"Set Square" wrote in message
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Jason Arthurs wrote:

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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AIUI, it's illegal to mess with anything on BT's side of the master
socket.
You'd probably get away with moving it locally - but into the loft . . .

If you ever have to call BT out to deal with a fault, they will need to
get
at the master socket - since this is where their responsibility ends and
yours begins. They won't be best pleased at having to get into the loft -
and it will be pretty obvious that you have moved it!
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Set Square
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I have exactly the same situation. If the owner of the house is not allow
to relocate the socket their self is there a procedure whereby you can
request (for a fee) that BT relocate the socket for you. Again I would like
it in the loft for the ADSL router.

Regards,
Martin.