Why does anyone use the faceplate anyway?

Question as above - I threw my NTE faceplates away years ago. All they do is add another junction to the incoming line so.. what is the point of them anyway?

Everything ( phones and ADSL ) works fine from a filter hanging from the "test socket".

Neatness, and better wiring for extensions

Why have them at all, just wire the cable direct to your wootah!

In reply to a post by Northwind:

Question as above - I threw my NTE faceplates away years ago. All they do is add another junction to the incoming line so.. what is the point of them anyway?

Everything ( phones and ADSL ) works fine from a filter hanging from the "test socket".

So test socket to dangly filter to router / phone v test socket to filtered faceplate to router / phone

This is the same number so far as I am concerned, the filtered faceplate is much neater, easier to connect and no one falls over it.

What is cannot understand is why anyone still uses the dangly filters

In reply to a post by greenglide:

What is cannot understand is why anyone still uses the dangly filters

Cuz filtered faceplates supplied by BT tend to be shushy! As happened to me.

To enable extensions! You presumably have none.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

Cuz filtered faceplates supplied by BT tend to be shushy! As happened to me.

Never used a BT one until I got BT Infinity 2 installed. Before that always used an ADSL Nation one (I think - it is a fit and forget device!). OR guy left the old one behind (along with the old NTE5 which he replaced ) so I can always reuse that if the BT one goes ***s up!

OR took my old NTE5 away, the thief . Had to ask next OR eng who visited for a spare one.

If using a unfiltered adsl extension then a dangly filter might appear to be the only way to connect both a router and a phone at the extension socket by the average user - actually until recently I was unaware that filtered faceplates were available for standard extension sockets (not NTE5's) that have screw terminals for a twisted pair feed from the back of an unfiltered NTE5 faceplate, e.g. http://www.adslnation.com/products/xtf.php which can be installed flush mounted on an existing recessed socket box.

But the NTE5 belongs to OR so you arent supposed to have "a spare"!

I have kept my old one as "a spare"

In reply to a post by greenglide:

But the NTE5 belongs to OR...

Perhaps only when physically connected to the incoming feed otherwise why aren't retailers being busted by OR for selling them?

I got a couple of danglies included with my latest router. They're great for conker practice.

In reply to a post by camieabz:

I got a couple of danglies included with my latest router. They're great for conker practice.

I'm not using my danglies for conker practice

Actually I did read a post on a forum somewhere that a member of an ISP's support staff advised that danglies should be replaced annually - this is probably because fresh danglies can be gathered from horse chestnut trees each year and old danglies may be subject to mould or other terminal afflictions...

In reply to a post by greenglide:

But the NTE5 belongs to OR so you arent supposed to have "a spare"!

I meant just the faceplate. BT only owns up to test socket, don't they?

In reply to a post by greenglide:

But the NTE5 belongs to OR so you arent supposed to have "a spare"!

I have kept my old one as "a spare"

I think people are talking about the NTE5A, (which is yours), and replacements for that. The demarcation point is in reality the test socket.

The NTE5 is the bit screwed to the wall with the incoming line connected to it and including the main master circuitry. The standard faceplate with a single phone socket is an NTE5A. A faceplate with no socket, such as might be used for a master in the loft but not used - merely feeding extensions everywhere, is an NTE5B.

In reply to a post by 4M2:

old danglies may be subject to mould or other terminal afflictions...