Removing Legacy PBX

Removing Legacy PBX

We're soon to enter our twentieth year of removing legacy PBX of all sizes. We are mainly engineers these days, putting things in, rather than taking them out, and fixing faults. However, we love going “back to our roots” in removing large systems from tight spaces,...

Moving Your Master Socket and Getting A Bill

Moving Your Master Socket and Getting A Bill

Moving your master socket and getting a bill. Sadly, it's quite easy. Moving your master socket is easy. Your service arrives via two wires, and all you have to do cut, extend and re-joint your cable. Well, in theory, that is... The Official Line However, first of all...

The Secret Life of BT Dropwire Telephone Cable

The Secret Life of BT Dropwire Telephone Cable

BT dropwire telephone cable – we shouldn't really be talking about it, as it runs from the master socket onto the BT (more correctly Openreach) network. Of course, no-one ever gets involved with that side of the network, do they...? This blog, therefore, should be...

Moving Your Master Socket – Will I Get A Fine?

Moving Your Master Socket – Will I Get A Fine?

Moving your master socket seems to be a very hot topic for our blog readers. It's actually a kind of "yes, but no" topic, rather than a straight answer.  My simple opinion as a local telephone engineer is:- "Yes you can (unofficially)" ...but also... "No you...

Phone Extension Wiring – Which Type of Cable?

Phone 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 importance of choice of cable. You might have “Superfast Broadband” to your...

Telecoms Site Surveys – North-East England and Beyond…

Telecoms Site Surveys – North-East England and Beyond…

We've been doing telecoms site surveys since literally the end of the last century. And we've had to battle through telecommunications installation jobs that hadn't been surveyed properly. So we know how important a good telecoms site survey is. And this has included...