2 Broadband Lines - Vastly Different Speeds.

[Rik]

 

No, I was thinking of a nice Red Leicester/Red onion/Mayo sandwich, in freshly baked wholemeal...

[Kheldar]

had a reply from support.

usual bt response.

nothing wrong from what they see. internal wiring / filter.

if they come out and find something not on 'their' side they will charge.

[Rik]

I'm not surprised, Steve, I do suspect your wiring myself. If you could find the first socket, and filter from there, it might help.

[Kheldar]

i'll see what andrew suggests.

i'd still like a new style nt5 or wotever fitted in the house.

[Rik]

NTE5. You may be able to get it by telling BT that you want to wire some etensions, but can't because you don't have one. I have heard of them fitting NTE5s foc in that situation, but since Openreach, things have become much less 'flexible'.

[Kheldar]

cant wire extensions cos we dont have a nte5 ?

[Rik]

Yup. The older masters were not 'consumer facing' in the way NTE5s are.

[Kheldar]

hmm okies.

i'll see what andrew from support suggest is the next step.....

[Lance]

Being very bad, could you not play about with the master, maybe loosing a cable or two and then get BT out. While the engineer is there, ply him with a bacon sarnie and coffee and ask for a NTE5 then. Hopefully he would fit it, and because the fault would be the BT side of the master socket the call out would be free of charge too!  

[Kheldar]

in your experience then Lance, BT engineers are susceptible to a bacon sarnie and coffeee bribe ?

you do live an interesting life, pray tell us all more......   

[Lance]

I've never had a BT engineer round myself, but I have seen it mentioned a few times before!

There is nothing interesting about my life, just work, study and sleep at the moment!

[Rik]

... and knowing how to charm a BT engineer (and it does work).

[Kheldar]

exactly Rik.

he's gone all quiet on us after mentioning how to charm one