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Topic "Openreach" was discussed 1,806 times on 92 sites in last 3 months
My master socket is an "openreach", so it... My master socket is an "openreach", so it means my 1.5Mbit is already benefiting from an iPlate. Gulp. Sob. Hurrrumph. 2:12 PM Aug 5th from TweetDeck
Started 4 days, 4 hours ago (2009-11-23 17:21:00)
by Nocky24
I had an Openreach engineer visit before (around a month and a half ago) as i was getting some ridiculous noise and constant disconnections with my broadband and it seemed to be fine after the callout. Now i'm getting random noise and disconnections again (not half as bad as before, but still). I avoided the charge for the callout before as he apparently changed something over at the ...
Started 1 week, 6 days ago (2009-11-13 21:27:00)
by norfolklupin
To cut a long story short, I'm trying at present to get Talk Talk to arrange for a BT Openreach engineer to come out and replace an old RF2 filter for the upgraded RF3 filter. Openreach engineers replace these as standard whenever they encounter them as they are a known cause of ASDL problems. In my case I believe it's affecting my line quality therefore reducing my speeds. First hurdle is ...
Started 4 weeks ago (2009-10-30 02:49:00)
by Banger
Anyone see tonight's Watchdog featuring Openreach and people being charged for repairs to BT infrastructure outside their property on a public street? I saw one item mention that the property tenant/owner was charged because she was not able to repair it herself, but the cable was in the street. I thought it was illegal to be repairing BT infrastructure after the demarcation point. ...
I'm interested to know what the standard Openreach overhead cable is and if there is anything better. After a quick Google I found this: http://www.fscables.com/tele-1128.php It lists both shielded and armoured cable for use both overhead and underground. If it were possible, at the customers cost, could/would Openreach be prepared to change the cable from the property ...
Started 1 month, 2 weeks ago (2009-10-13 10:41:00)
by jimmyca69
Just wondering if any members are/were an Openreach Engineer or maybe know someone who is? In an ideal world the engineer would be from around South Wales area as well Please let me know Thanks James Balls - wrong section! Probably better in the main ISP's section, any chance it could be moved sorry
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-20 09:44:00)
by CARPETBURN
In reply to a post by Anonymous: hello where can i buy the bt extension sockets from as a kit ? I want an orignal one please not cheap/copies thanks peter j With regards to extensions i dont think there are such things as branded BT only extensions. I think the only things branded as such are master sockets/faceplates. I know for a fact one extension in...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-19 13:34:00)
by jezza1954
i am currantly on bt broadband i have phoned virgin media to take out internet with them as there service is better ive had a phone call saying that openreach will be coming out to on behalf of virgin to fit a telephone service will they discounect my bt to fit the virgin phone line or will they fit another line in the property as the area i am in is not a virgin media area only works down the ...
Started 2 days, 12 hours ago (2009-11-25 09:14:00)
by timl
My sister has a new house which has one of these new fangled OpenReach (grey) master sockets on the outside of the house which seems to split into 3 and feed a further 6 extensions. I had wanted to fit a converted master socket (ADSLnation etc) so that I could get the maximum out of the line but can't find anyway of making it work with this new style external master socket. When I ...
Started 2 days, 5 hours ago (2009-11-25 16:19:00)
by z0mbi3
Just keep hold of any references you can and ask the engineer what he's done at the exchange. You'll be armed if it happens again then. Worth trying to get whatever reference the engineer has as well.
Started 3 days, 5 hours ago (2009-11-24 15:37:00)
by RUNITDIRECT
Quote: Originally Posted by jonathanen And if I find a few Openreach Engineers who drivng the OP van in my area, they don't want to do it, moaning about BT find out their stock in the van, even I'll pay for them, they still don't want to do it, just coming a lot of different excuses to avoid the hard work. Or ...
Started 4 days, 2 hours ago (2009-11-23 19:03:00)
by simonpolly
unfortunately no,its not something i have come across but i don`t doubt in some areas in the past it may have happened,openreach maintain upto the master nte which is being fitted now to a external wall no new builds, this will be the demarcation point in the future.I get a lot of nsy line faults on farms mostly due to the location and the twenty spans of dropwire from the d.p to the farm...
Started 4 days, 4 hours ago (2009-11-23 16:37:00)
by pem123
Quote: Originally Posted by Need BB I have moved house and just want my line transferring over. I've not even asked for the same number. They're just messing me about and I would rather take my money elsewhere. Though I'm starting to think that whoever I go with it's BT that own the infrastructure (Openreach) therefore, even...
Started 6 days, 22 hours ago (2009-11-20 22:52:00)
by bargains83
Quote: Originally Posted by mrtom21 It was probably passed to customers who had their calls with BT? It wasn't, because my calls were with BT up until May of this year and there was no discount on the bill. The discount at Openreach was probably just a case of 'legal book cooking'. In other words altering certain ...
Started 4 days, 20 hours ago (2009-11-23 01:13:00)
by whitedot
Just spotted this: In reference to www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/news/productbriefings/nga /nga05109.do : eMLC will be updated for the above by Friday 27th November 2009 for these exchanges. From this date e-MLC will provide an RFS date as per the above for planned cabinets and line qualification data, including forecast up and downstream speed, at either Postcode or Directory Number ...
Started 2 days, 5 hours ago (2009-11-25 16:11:00)
by RobertoS
I don't believe it only applies to new lines. There have been several posts on these forums of people with long lines that have degraded over a period, and after a number of fault calls the line has been declared unfit for broadband. That is "end of story" if it happens. Re the FTR, as was pointed out to me only a couple of days ago - because I have always failed to realise it ...
