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Stephen Gilkes
 
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Default Moving BT master socket, is this frowned upon?

My 2 BT lines current end at a master socket in the back bedroom. I was
going to call BT and ask them to move the master sockets out to my shed
(which is being converted into an office).

But having thought about it, perhaps its best just to run extensions to the
shed.

Will this affect my ADSL speed? As the OP asked, where can I get the
exterior black BT cable to run out to the shed?

"Jason Arthurs" wrote in message
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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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