It wouldn't happen to be this would it?
http://f.cl.ly/items/1T1e3005472x1g1t0U1X/image.jpg

Also on the direct opposite of the master socket on the outside there is this:
http://f.cl.ly/items/1f3m2F1i2o0r2r1e450d/image.jpg

I think it's a phone line extension for a sky box in the conservatory.

Edited by deleted (Wed 12-Feb-14 22:04:44)

The first one is housing for an electric junction, don't touch.

The second one does indeed look like an extension, and I'd suspect it's been done by Sky judging by the size/type of cable and the generally poor way it's been run.

Ok. Yup, that line sure is shoddy!

So what am I looking for? Could the drop line just go straight underground, in, and up to the master socket?

And what about trying the Openreach modem in the other socket with the VDSL microfilter? Or am I getting completely the wrong end of the stick?

Zarjaz is asking if you have an "External NTE". Scroll down this page and there is a section about it, with photos.

Do you mean that as well as the bedroom one, there is possibly another socket (the one in the conservatory) that works when the master faceplate is off? ?

Thank you for the link.

No, the extension is designed to be plugged into the master socket. Not an extension per se, just a really long phone cable.

Looking at the link, the external NTEs were installed from late 2008 on. My house was completed late 2007, which I guess is why I can't find it!

Very poor set up by sky in your extension as sky normally don't care about your phone line, broadband speed or satellite dish setup. Sky only interesting is your money not the quality setup.

Zarjaz is asking if you have an "External NTE"

Oi you ! No I ain't, I'm asking if he's got a BT66

And what about trying the Openreach modem in the other socket with the VDSL microfilter? Or am I getting completely the wrong end of the stick?

This was on an old second/different line, so I suspect a red herring, unless this 'other VDSL socket has dialling tone on it as well ?

So what am I looking for? Could the drop line just go straight underground, in, and up to the master socket?

A BT66 junction box. (see my last reply to Robertos for link to picture)

Sorry, I'm not being very clear.

At the moment, there is the "master" socket. (Quotation marks used as it seems to have been superseded haha)

And then there's extension 6 which works even when the master socket is disconnected, i.e. runs off a bridge tap.

I was wondering if I could plug the Openreach modem into extension 6 using the VDSL microfilter while the master is disconnected to see if I get any faster speeds?

Will have a rummage for the BT66 tomorrow. It must be somewhere!