The point is that you're compromising the whole installation, so future upgrades would be difficult.

Yep.

Hopefully he got it this time.

In reply to a post by Rastus:

In reply to a post by Tradewind25:

You still pay the same line rental so there's no financial incentive, ...

If you want to avoid paying line rental, and as long as you don't mind having only the choice of a 40/2 or 80/20 FTTP service, PlusNet will allow you to cancel your phone line after your FTTP is enabled. So you would pay only £17.49 or £22.49 respectively (unlimited usage on each). See this thread.
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If you want to keep your existing landline number you could port it to a VoIP company (e.g. Voipfone charges £20+VAT to port the number, then £2+VAT per month)

Unfortunately, when I called PlusNet a few weeks ago, they said that they were nit in a position to supply me with FTTP. I got the impression that they were not taking on new FTTP customers regardless of their area. It may be that existing PlusNet customers can transfer from ADSL to FTTP(???).

Unfortunately their normal customer support staff often know nothing or incorrect information WRT to FTTP. If you post here:

http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php?board=68.0

hopefully one of their (two) FTTP guys will pick it up eventually - can take a few days and some prodding!

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Hopefully he got it this time.

Nope!

How does it compromise anything?

There's a series of interconnected sockets isolated from anything else once the faceplate is in the 'fibre' position - same as if you just removed the lower part of the standard NTE5 and left it hanging on the wires (to the other extension sockets). How, then does it make any difference where you plug in for TEL1???

In reply to a post by AL66:

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Hopefully he got it this time.

Nope!

How does it compromise anything?

Because you have made this installation unique and obviously unlike any other.

In reply to a post by AL66:

How does it compromise anything?

There's a series of interconnected sockets isolated from anything else once the faceplate is in the 'fibre' position - same as if you just removed the lower part of the standard NTE5 and left it hanging on the wires (to the other extension sockets). How, then does it make any difference where you plug in for TEL1???

Possibly because if you did as you describe and then inadvertently or otherwise moved the switch to 'copper', the standard copper landline and the FVA output would be 'shorted' together?

Having it set up as you describe would mean that with the FVA dial tone going through to the existing extensions your FVA dial tone would travel on back down the copper feed away from the property. Not good.

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

Having it set up as you describe would mean that with the FVA dial tone going through to the existing extensions your FVA dial tone would travel on back down the copper feed away from the property. Not good.

Not if the faceplate switch is in the 'Fibre' position surely? Isn't that the whole point - the faceplate is nothing more than a fancy on - off switch??

In reply to a post by Rastus:

Possibly because if you did as you describe and then inadvertently or otherwise moved the switch to 'copper', the standard copper landline and the FVA output would be 'shorted' together?

What's to stop you doing that with the link cable from TEL1 into the faceplate rather than an exension? - Electrically all the sockets are the same.