Installing New Telephone Cabling

[Brian69]

Yes. If you intend to have a socket just for BB, then you can do as you suggest, but you cannot use the same socket for a telephone as well. By using the method I have outlined, it would be possible to replace the socket with a twin one, so that a phone and router could be plugged in. Dont try and use a double addaptor as very few carrire all six connections.

I must admit that if I were wiring such a system, then I would use cat5 (or cat6 if I had some) at the outset.

I suppose you intend to use a plug in filter at the socket concerned, to connect the router? in which case you could plug in a phone, but this somewhat negates the advantage of the filter faceplate.

[RUNITDIRECT]

Depending on how many sockets you have in total then i would use this socket (forget a faceplate on the NTE5 as you aren't using it for anything, by the sounds in essence it will be nothing more than a junction box) :-

ADSL socket
If you wanted the advantage of a filtered faceplate(centralised filtering) then i would move it to the desired location, you could use your original NTE5 & replace it with a BT 80A or just fit a second NTE5 where required, the later can cause problems with automated line tests though. The wiring sounds like alarm cable to me if not twisted pair.

[simonmpoulton]

Well i've tried it using the wire already run and it decreses the SnR making it worse than it was before. After having a detailed look in the cavity above the utility cupboard which is accessible i've found that all the telephone cable is wired via this point so hopefully i'll be able to pull the new cable into there first and then onwards into the respective rooms.

[RUNITDIRECT]

Ok, in which case you best course of action is pull either CATe5 or CW1308 cable through. The only extension that matters is the one for the router, personally i would fit a filtered faceplate to the current NTE5 so all existing extensions are filtered & islolated from the ADSL signal, then use one of these kits to get the ADSL signal to where you want it. There is no advantage in changing the existing sockets from daisy chain nor in chaging the cable they use unless you want the ability to plug the modem/router in at any of those sockets.

[castel-tv]

remember the rem levels 4 rem per phone line so if you two phone plus fax thats is the max for phone usage

[RUNITDIRECT]

I think you mean REN & modern phones & faxes are no where near a REN of 1.