Excuse me while I swear a bit.

My phone line has been working admirably and so has my broadband. The only niggle I had was that when the line was checked when I ordered O2 broadband, I was advised that I could get up to 11meg. I know that is an approximation, but considering the line length, I thought it wouldn't be far off. Turns out that I synch up at 5.8, which is entirely acceptable but slightly less than what I hoped for. Having an nifty skill set, I faffed about earlier to see if I could get a bit more (remove phone, reboot, test in test socket etc).

I get out my screwdriver and remove the faceplate from my NTE5. It...er..comes. Right. Off. The. Fucking. Wall. That's not good.

So I decide to play around and test in one of my extensions. Yup, dial tone. With the sodding test socket exposed. Hurray! This means my extensions are hardwired into the back of my bloody master socket. Also, there is an alarm system here, which is most likely hardwired as well.

Upshot of this? I am so fucking humped if either my phone or my broadband goes down because it is internal wiring and therefore not my ISP's or BT's problem, so I'd be charged through the nose. Hurray!

If I found out who the incompetent fucknugget was who wired this place, I'm going to whack them in the shins with my cane.

Fuckit, I'm going to whack Darkspawn across the knees with my trusty battle-axe.

Excuse me while I swear a bit.

My phone line has been working admirably and so has my broadband. The only niggle I had was that when the line was checked when I ordered O2 broadband, I was advised that I could get up to 11meg. I know that is an approximation, but considering the line length, I thought it wouldn't be far off. Turns out that I synch up at 5.8, which is entirely acceptable but slightly less than what I hoped for. Having an nifty skill set, I faffed about earlier to see if I could get a bit more (remove phone, reboot, test in test socket etc).

I get out my screwdriver and remove the faceplate from my NTE5. It...er..comes. Right. Off. The. Fucking. Wall. That's not good.

So I decide to play around and test in one of my extensions. Yup, dial tone. With the sodding test socket exposed. Hurray! This means my extensions are hardwired into the back of my bloody master socket. Also, there is an alarm system here, which is most likely hardwired as well.

Upshot of this? I am so fucking humped if either my phone or my broadband goes down because it is internal wiring and therefore not my ISP's or BT's problem, so I'd be charged through the nose. Hurray!

If I found out who the incompetent fucknugget was who wired this place, I'm going to whack them in the shins with my cane.

Fuckit, I'm going to whack Darkspawn across the knees with my trusty battle-axe.