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Telephone Master Socket

  • 15-11-2020 8:47pm
    #1
    Daith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,096 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    The master telephone socket is in the hallway (like a lot of old houses I'm guessing). Obviously this suited fine for the old telephone days but theres no power sockets nearby.

    If I wanted to get broadband via Eir/Vodafone/Sky, whats my best options? Have a power socket installed in hallway? Move eir socket to different room (would that impact the speed)? Or get a new socket in a room connected to old socket (would that even work?).

    Sorry for probably a basic question!


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  • #2
    Ten Pin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,854 ✭✭✭Ten Pin


    Or get a new socket in a room connected to old socket

    That will work, use twisted pair phone cable rather than flat phone cable.

    If it's FTTH broadband then it's a different socket and you'll need to have a power socket wherever the fibre termination point is located.


  • #3
    Daith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,096 ✭✭✭Daith


    Ten Pin wrote: »
    That will work, use twisted pair phone cable rather than flat phone cable.

    If it's FTTH broadband then it's a different socket and you'll need to have a power socket wherever the fibre termination point is located.

    Thanks, was looking at FTTH, would that normally come through the same cable route my existing phone socket uses?


  • #4
    The Cush
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    Daith wrote: »
    was looking at FTTH, would that normally come through the same cable route my existing phone socket uses?

    No, new fibre optic cable all the way to a powered ONT then ethernet cable to a router. Do a search for ONT here, lots of install pics posted over the years.


  • #5
    Daith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,096 ✭✭✭Daith


    The Cush wrote: »
    No, new fibre optic cable all the way to a powered ONT then ethernet cable to a router. Do a search for ONT here, lots of install pics posted over the years.

    Thanks. Sorry, I meant from externally to the house. Will have a look though.


  • #6
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,726 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Daith wrote: »
    I meant from externally to the house. Will have a look though.

    It will follow the same route as the existing copper cable if possible. Is your existing cable overhead from a pole or underground via a duct?


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  • #7
    steinbock123
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    I’m in the same position. I moved into my (secondhand) house 7 years ago. There’s a twisty wire coming through the front door frame into a little black connector box in the hall. I never bothered getting a landline phone, just used the mobile and a separate dongle for the internet. If I get “proper” internet now, can this line be used for it,and if it can, would I then have to pay a monthly line rental charge to some supplier or other?


  • #8
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,726 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    steinbock123 wrote: »
    If I get “proper” internet now, can this line be used for it,and if it can, would I then have to pay a monthly line rental charge to some supplier or other?

    Yes monthly rental with a 12-24 month contract depending on package. Depends on what product is available in your area.

    FTTC/VDSL comes in via the existing copper cable if you're within 2kms of a fibre enabled cabinet or exchange.

    FTTH comes in via a new fibre optic cable if the service is available in your area.

    Go to the availability checker on https://www.airwire.ie and put in your eircode to see what might be available to you.


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