Telephone Point

[WillyWonka]

I recently moved it to a house & want to use one of the upstairs rooms as an office - including interent access. A room upstairs has a telephone point but no dial tone. Does anyone know if I woul dbe able to sort this myself, I have been quoted around �50 which seems a bit pricey?If it can be done easily does anyone have any good links?

Thanks

[BillyNoMates]

I would say that it is relatively easy to do - perhaps a little more difficult than wiring a plug.

True, if you cause a problem which you are unable to resolve BT may charge you. You could also try one of the many ex-BT 'phone engineers found in your local paper.

Basically buy yourself some proper 'phone cable - 6 core twisted pair will do nicely, or 4 core, not the flat type. Refer to here ; http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/Telecoms/Telephone %20Wiring.htm

If you are using ADSL and want to use this in your office upstairs, I would recommend moving the Master socket upstairs by extending the 'phone cable from where it enters the house (should be a junction box or you can add one). Then run the downstairs socket back on a seperate pair in the cable you've just installed as an extension socket.

[ipek]

My BT socket is downstairs in the lounge.  I put in 2 extentions upstairs in the bedrooms years ago.  Last year I replaced them with newer (4core) wire and neater sockets.  I now use one of them for my office ADSL line with no problems.  However, if you have ADSL, you should use a pukka line splitter on each socket, otherwise you get terrible noise on the phone.  That's not a 'two-way' adaptor, it's a plug with one socket outlet for the phone and a smaller socket outlet for the internet cable.  If you only want a normal 'dial-up' connection then you can just plug-n-go.

What BT frown on seriously is messing with the master socket (i.e. the first one where the line enters the house), but logic-wise it is simple.  It's dead easy to put in an extention these days, but you can only run so much cable before you need a junction box.  Check out kits at your DIY store, they contain the instructions and wiring diagram that even this pathetic female can follow!!.

As a tip I would say run the cable upstairs, fit the socket to the end of the wire and test it works before you do any permanent fixings to walls and skirtings.  Then put in a junction box if you need to add another room.

Good luck! 

[elsieconcord]

Try the services offered by www.myofficephonesystem.com. They have a very reasonable pricing plan and highly sophisticated telephone system.