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[burakkucat]

In all seriousness, an NTE5/A & Mk 3 SSFP is far better in terms of quality than the NTE5C & Mk 4 SSFP.

[V_R]

Really? Fair enough, TIL.

Cheers. 

[V_R]

Went back today and opened it up.

There is an extension in the bedroom, that's what the blue and white is I assume, right?

[burakkucat]

There is an extension in the bedroom, that's what the blue and white is I assume, right?

Yes, that's correct.

[V_R]

Mk 3 SSFP ordered over the weekend and dispatched this morning, thanks for your help burakkucat. 

[burakkucat]

Just to be sure, with the lower-front face-plate removed (as in your photograph, above), the extension socket in the bedroom should be "dead". If it's not, then a "folly" has been committed with the wiring. 

[V_R]

I'll try and check, but I don't actually plan on having a landline installed. Maybe I'll borrow one.

[jelv]

I assume you mean handset not landline (you won't get broadband without a landline!).

I's worth having a cheap corded handset to check for noise on the line (i.e. to be able to dial 17070). Argos sell a cheap one: http://www.argos.co.uk/product/3924358

[V_R]

Yes, obviously by landline I mean a landline telephone.

You're right though, a cheap corded phone would be handy if I have issues.

[4candles]

...or you need 999 and your mobile's flat.

[j0hn]

Mk 3 SSFP ordered over the weekend and dispatched this morning, thanks for your help burakkucat. 

I'll try and check, but I don't actually plan on having a landline installed. Maybe I'll borrow one.

No need for a filtered faceplate if there's nothing to filter.
An unfiltered faceplate would be best for you.

AAISP sell them. I think run-it-direct might too.

[ejs]

Or just disconnect that extension wiring and get a suitable cable (RJ11 to BT) to plug the modem straight into a phone socket.

[V_R]

lol, I said I don't plan on it, not that I won't, I'd rather the option be there just in case.

[Weaver]

I am using the straight-through unfiltered DSL-only faceplates from the Andrews and Arnold shop (http://aa.net.uk/broadband-accessories.html) which J0hn referred to in his earlier post. (You don't have to be an A&A ISP-customer to use the shop.)

I have three three lines, so three NTE5s, no phones. But unfortunately a recent BT man replaced one of the NTE5as with an NTE5c which has a different layout to the older NTE5 backs so this means that I can't use the above mentioned straight-through plate as it won't fit.

[sevenlayermuddle]

I am using the straight-through unfiltered DSL-only faceplates from the Andrews and Arnold shop (http://aa.net.uk/broadband-accessories.html) which J0hn referred to in his earlier post. (You don't have to be an A&A ISP-customer to use the shop.)

I have three three lines, so three NTE5s, no phones. But unfortunately a recent BT man replaced one of the NTE5as with an NTE5c which has a different layout to the older NTE5 backs so this means that I can't use the above mentioned straight-through plate as it won't fit.

As per ejs’s comment, wouldn’t a BT to RJ11, connected to an unfiltered faceplate (or the test socket), do exactly the same job?

Speaking from a position of ignorance as I don’t have the bits in front of me to examine.