Do you reckon this extension wiring looks good enough for an engineer to install Infinity on? It's only 8 years old. I really don't want an openreach modem and router sitting in my hallway, and my master socket and power plugs are half way up the wall which will things look even more ugly! The thought of someone tacking another cable down the walls and around door frames is really putting me off.

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They don't install it on the end of extension wiring, it was a simple pull through for the CAT5 data extension kit cable they have then maybe.

Also a VDSL modem socket next to a mains plug is not ideal either.

To be honest no matter what we say on here, it is down to what the engineer will do on the day. Some people have had the extension kit left so they can wire it in themselves, e.g. when they want it under carpet/floor boards.

I had an extension fitted by BT for ADSL with a new master socket fitted at the end with a voice/data split. However, when the engineer came to fit VDSL he said the phones which would be on a circuit from the original master socket would not work if he fitted VDSL to the newer master socket.

well if you are not using the master socket in the hall then ask the enginneer if he could make the socket in your study the master socket.But please note that in doing this you may lose any other extension sockets in your home .

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Do you reckon this extension wiring looks good enough for an engineer to install Infinity on? It's only 8 years old. I really don't want an openreach modem and router sitting in my hallway, and my master socket and power plugs are half way up the wall which will things look even more ugly! The thought of someone tacking another cable down the walls and around door frames is really putting me off.

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Exactly my thoughts

I'm hoping to have FTTC installed soon, but have a logistical problem.

The existing master socket is in the hall, but I need to have the modem and the router upstairs. From what I have read here, that will mean running new cabling from the hall to the position of the modem and router.

There is some resistance to the prospect of cables or, worse, plastic trunking running up walls and across ceilings. Are any engineers likely to agree to route bare cables (I assume we're talking Cat5 here) along skirting boards and round doors? The best location would even involve going through a wall (stud partition).

db

The engineer will only route the cables round the house, so e.g. along the skirting board, over internal doorframes etc. I very much double they will drill internal walls, or spend any great length of time on the extension.

James

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

The Infinity Home Hub connects to the modem using a standard Ethernet cable.

Untrue - or not...you decide....
But the BT OpenReach Modem to Home Hub connection is NOT an RJ45 / RJ45 "standard Ethernet cable", but is in fact an RJ11 / RJ11 "fast modem" cable.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

The Infinity Home Hub connects to the modem using a standard Ethernet cable.

Untrue - or not...you decide....
But the BT OpenReach Modem to Home Hub connection is NOT an RJ45 / RJ45 "standard Ethernet cable", but is in fact an RJ11 / RJ11 "fast modem" cable.

[censored]! I'm talking [censored]!
BT Infinity Surface Mounted Master Socket to BT OpenReach Modem is RJ11.
BT OpenReach Modem to Home Hub 4-Port Wireless Router is RJ45.
My Bad - sorry...

No probs .

There is something odd though, the ethernet cable is very thin and flexible. So not physically "standard", but I think it will be technically.