Quiet because you rewired that phone point  

Is it before their NTE or NTP??  They may be a little funny if it is, but when are they ever gonna see it??

Is it a broadband line??  Shared with a phone??  Just interested how you set your server up.

Had a bugger of a job today - broadband wouldn't work in a house, AOL says its connected so should work.

Found that some sockets where wired in alarm cable, so pulled it out and fitted new (easy runs in crawl space type lofts).  Tried again, no joy.

Found where the BT drop came into the house, and fitted a master to it with all extensions disconnected - Ran an extension cable over the roof, and broadband worked.  Connected up the extensions and disconnected the cable that fed them from the 'lost' master - stopped working again.

Had 1 dodgy filter, 1 extension that must have been damp, the ringer cable shorted to earth on one leg that I couldn't replace (used a spare core).......Finally, its working!!

Then, almost home, no power to kitchen at the local pub.......

Hey, im home now though.  Beer in hand.

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Had 1 dodgy filter, 1 extension that must have been damp, the ringer cable shorted to earth on one leg that I couldn't replace (used a spare core).
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i wouldn't have thought you would need to feed a ringer core to the input side of a microfilter (not sure though)

When I was with BT I had broken their terms by taking a feed direct from the box for an extension.
According to them I should have used an adapter plugged in.
They look so unsightly.
If I even had problems I pulled the extension wires out (they led to 4 other phone points) then put them back when they left.
If they had ever seen the wiring I had my excuse ready.
"The extension was made by ***** who went out of business last year"
When I went over to cable they couldn't understand why I wanted the feed into the rear of the house instead of the front where they wanted to put it.
The simple reason was that would have left my computer at the end of all the extension lines and the slightest break would have cut me off.
I had 2 lines connected.
What I found funny was that the cable telephone fitters put my main line to the BT outlet and the second line to their new socket.

[quote author=Lectrician  link=1099604384/0#3 date=1099594611]Is it a broadband line??  Shared with a phone??  Just interested how you set your server up.

Had a bugger of a job today - broadband wouldn't work in a house, AOL says its connected so should work.

Found that some sockets where wired in alarm cable, so pulled it out and fitted new (easy runs in crawl space type lofts).  Tried again, no joy.

Found where the BT drop came into the house, and fitted a master to it with all extensions disconnected - Ran an extension cable over the roof, and broadband worked.  Connected up the extensions and disconnected the cable that fed them from the 'lost' master - stopped working again.

Had 1 dodgy filter, 1 extension that must have been damp, the ringer cable shorted to earth on one leg that I couldn't replace (used a spare core).......Finally, its working!!

Then, almost home, no power to kitchen at the local pub.......

Hey, im home now though.  Beer in hand. [/quote]
what did you do with the master in the end?
leave the lost master in place
leave the master you connected for testing in place
put the master in an accessible place

I've swapped pairs on a DP on a pole in a hedge - Large house had three lines, main house, annex, and office.  I swaped annex and office around, as my uncle was moving his office into the annex, and letting out the 'office'.

I have some of the 'jellies they use, given to me by a BT bloke who lives near me.

Never had a real problem with BT, other than their cable clipping!!  Moved my NTE5 to my loft (overhead drop), and ran my extensions and broadband from there.  Had a second line put in for the fax, BT bloke laughed when he saw the NTE5 lying on the fibre glass, said he isn't allowed into the loft unless it is borded due to insurance, and would I connect the extra pair to another NTE5 -    They dont give a monkeys, they are on performance related pay - performance being speed!!  Lost count how many NTE5's I have moved, and how many overhead drops I have re-located.  If i had a key to their pillars i would be away