[Technology] Telephone socket

[BensGrandad]

So get BT to fix the sockets as yes thats their equipment and then go with whatever provider you want for the line and broadband.

Simples

You have to agree to a 24 month contract berfore they will touch it. To have them just repair the boxes is very expenbsive hence I was half hoping an engineer was on here and would come and do it as a private. No doubt that he will finish up using google and doing it himself.

 

[Algernon]

He has a house. He has a phone and therefore Internet access. He's old enough to work.
Get the lazy sod to sort it himself.

 

[juliant]

You have to agree to a 24 month contract berfore they will touch it. To have them just repair the boxes is very expenbsive hence I was half hoping an engineer was on here and would come and do it as a private. No doubt that he will finish up using google and doing it himself.

Apologies I didn't realise they would work that way but thinking about it they add the charges to the next bill so makes sense. Google it is then !

You can buy the tools for the job at screwfix, tl carr etc

 

[schmunk]

http://www.grelectrical.org.uk/ should be able to do it. Whether he would want to, though...?

 

[bhafc99]

I sometimes wonder if all this technological head-scratching buffoonery from BG is, actually, the most elaborate ‘how many Brighton fans does it take to change a lightbulb’ setup ever.

One that’s been like 5 years in the planning and careful build-up.

Gradually suckering us in over the years with increasingly nonsensical requests, until one day he will finally drop that “wife just flicked the light switch but nothing happened what should I do?” query.

And in our droves we will bite. Only to then realise we’ve been played, as BG rips off his mask to reveal he’s actually a huge social media prankster with millions of followers who’s just exposed us as the dumbest group in the universe, who really do need 100 people to change a lightbulb.


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[Is it PotG?]

5 minute job BG

 

[Icy Gull]

We ARE being wound up aren’t we? I can just see BG in his slippers sitting in his favourite chair chuckling away as he drinks his tea reading the replies

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

It should be a 5 min job providing the wiring isn't damaged and there is enough of it to actually fit into new box. You can pick up the IDC tool, a front plate and back box from B and Q for less than £20. If you can't do it yourself any electrician or even IT network engineer would be able to do it in mins.

 

[Official Old Man]

What's the problem - Phone socket ripped out.
Why do you need it - To access the internet.
Use You Tube for instructions - OK
I've got no internet!!!

 

[Hamilton]

Shirley Son Heung-min can afford a flat that hasn't been vandalised

He can't afford socks, let alone sockets.

 

[London Irish]

Fair play BG keeping morale up at these difficult times

 

[marlowe]

Can't he just use his mobile phone

Possibly not if he also has an Omsung Phine.

 

[BensGrandad]

It should be a 5 min job providing the wiring isn't damaged and there is enough of it to actually fit into new box. You can pick up the IDC tool, a front plate and back box from B and Q for less than £20. If you can't do it yourself any electrician or even IT network engineer would be able to do it in mins.

That is the answer I was hoping for, thanks.

 

[Stat Brother]

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[The Clamp]

Please BG, try and remember; it’s trousers and pants down, THEN poop.

 

[CheeseRolls]

Just needs a scart to coax converter off E-Bay 5 minute job max.

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[Paul Reids Sock]

Why all the hate to BG this time? I have seen loads of threads like this (not all BG started) over the years that get some nice practical advice

 

[BensGrandad]

What most people do not realize is that my son is at work and doesnt have access to NSC or the internet other than for work so if I can help him out I do. Hence he rings me with requests to look at this trhat and the other thing on the internet. It was my idea to ask the posters on NSC as I thought that there were a number of wires and it could be complicated putting them in the correct place..

 

[beorhthelm]

Is this not the landlord's responsibility ?

They need to establish which company is responsible for the line.

this. why fix and become responsible for something the previous tenent has done?

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Apologies I didn't realise they would work that way but thinking about it they add the charges to the next bill so makes sense. Google it is then !

You can buy the tools for the job at screwfix, tl carr etc

Don't tell any BT engineers but I've wired in loads of sockets with a flat blade screwdriver rather than a punch. Even converted my parents old phone 'socket' to a modern one in the years when you weren't allowed to touch them.

It's easy BG.