Hi guys,
I'm trying to make sense of the telephone/ADSL wiring in our (old) home, with a view to moving the socket used for broadband.
In one upstairs bedroom we have a NTE5 socket. This is, apparently, the only socket in the house with ADSL. However, none of the other (voice) extensions appear to run from it, so I cannot believe that this is the master socket. Removing the faceplate makes no difference to the other extensions.
I traced the wire that leads to the NTE5 box back to an external box fitted outside which appears to be a
BT66B. Into this box also run two external black cables: one appears to be the line from the exchange, whereas the other runs into the kitchen, where it feeds the voice sockets, all of which run out from the kitchen.
However, I don't understand why these sockets then don't have ADSL. The socket in the kitchen has no faceplate; might it nonetheless have filtering capability contained within? How do I tell?
I also am unclear on the demarcation point. Is it the BT66B box? Or some other point? Can I then move the NTE5 box to another room, perhaps trimming down the wire that feeds it to (theoretically) improve ADSL speeds? Obviously I don't want to get on the wrong side of BT, but at the same time, I don't want to be paralysed in inaction.
Any guidance appreciated.
Cheers,
Spinner