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[amazonian]

I have one BT phone socket in the house and lord knows why but its on the bedroom window sill.
I have a phone line and a wireless router plugged into it via a filter thingy.
To avoid paying BT £200 for the honour of a new socket, can I simply buy some extension cable with the right ends and install another socket in the hallway? or is there some snag to this?
Also would an extension of some 30-40ft in length have any detrimental effect on my broadband speed/performance?

Any advice much appreciated

 

[Broomies Mate]

Yes you can use an extension cable.

No it won't affect your Broadband speed, not by any noticeable amount, anyway.

[Entwood]

I have one BT socket and 3 "spur" extensions running from it ... all with no problems on phone or broadband. Very easy to do as well.

[Broomies Mate]

Just remember, you will need an ADSL filter plugged into each socket that is being used. 

[amazonian]

much obliged gents, little job for weekend then.

 

[zirk]

Use a quality telephone extension lead and not some Chinese cheapo of ebay.

[biggriffin]

Just go to b@q, Wickes and buy an extension kit, comes complete, with everything you need to extend,or as zikr said use an extension-lead.

[amazonian]

Thanks fellas.

 

[TheBoy]

If the socket in the bedroom is an NTE5 (google image for it - its the one with a "split" halfway down), then I'd recommend buying some decent cable and a decent socket. If you can get away without connecting pin3 at either end (most phones should work fine), that should have minimal impact on broadband.

If its a older style "master socket", then you will have to use an extension lead. These are not as good, and likely will impact ADSL/vDSL speed unless you live right next to the exchange. Though if you have vDSL/FTTC, its almost certain you'll have NTE5.

In the case of using a cable/socket solution, you may find you need to move router downstairs to maintain BB speed, due to reflections otherwise. With an extension lead, it'll be a case of suck it and see, as the reflection interference may be less than the SNR decrease on the extension.

[TD]

Surely, wouldn't it be easiest just to buy 2 or 3 way cordless phones? I would have thought there was a suitable mains socket close enough to where you want the extension phone/phones   

[amazonian]

This is getting more involved than I thought it would.

The socket in the bedroom is not a NTES, but a PCS whatever that is, and the phone and router lights annoy Swimbo at night so they have to be moved to the hallway.
 

[TheBoy]

This is getting more involved than I thought it would.

The socket in the bedroom is not a NTES, but a PCS whatever that is, and the phone and router lights annoy Swimbo at night so they have to be moved to the hallway.
 

Yeah, you're a bit knackered. Telephone extension cord is your only (legal) option, and they are unsuited to long distances.

[TD]

This is getting more involved than I thought it would.

The socket in the bedroom is not a NTES, but a PCS whatever that is, and the phone and router lights annoy Swimbo at night so they have to be moved to the hallway.
 

Ummm black sticky tape over the leds might pacify swmbo   

[Broomies Mate]

This is getting more involved than I thought it would.

The socket in the bedroom is not a NTES, but a PCS whatever that is, and the phone and router lights annoy Swimbo at night so they have to be moved to the hallway.
 

Yeah, you're a bit knackered. Telephone extension cord is your only (legal) option, and they are unsuited to long distances.

Rubbish.  The extension cable is just as capable of carrying the signal as the miles (possibly) of underground cable from the exchange.

I've (in a previous residence) used a 40m extension cable (ok, I was naughty and extended from the master socket) and had no negative impact on ADSL speed.

Anybody who has seen the insides of a BT Cabinet would know that a shielded extension cable is the least of your worries! 

EDIT:  In fact, my Sky Router is plugged into the furthest extension from the NTE5 socket in my current house (up two floors, across the loft and down two floors) and there is NO difference.  I have FTTC.

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[Marks DTM Calib]

UTP is as good as any cable you can get these days, plenty of twists to.