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« on: March 11, 2011, 02:07:18 pm » |
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Just rang KC about getting a phone extension put into the house i have just moved into, and they want to charge me £120 + VAT *Jaw Dropped*
Does anyone know anyone cheaper??
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dunny
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« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2011, 02:53:46 pm » |
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cancel, SBB or nextgenus
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Scotty
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« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2011, 04:08:38 pm » |
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cancel, SBB or nextgenus
Sounds like a plan to me. |
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Adrian
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« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2011, 06:25:30 pm » |
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Easy enough to install an extension yourself.
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« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2011, 06:27:57 pm » |
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One of my lads will do it for £60
But the reson they dont want to do it is because they have to maintain it and they have no intrest in the network from the NTE forward.
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Fr34ky
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« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2011, 12:48:31 pm » |
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Hobbis, will this be an extra port or just an extension of the previous one? Deffo interested. I have looked in B&Q and i can get an extension that plugs into the original one and then i trail the wire around to the desired location and fix new box onto wall...but i think this is defeating the point. I want to be able to keep the home phone in the front room, and in the new room have another phone and router. send me pm with details Hobbis and i will contact you, if this is what your offereing  |
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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2011, 01:02:05 pm » |
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They basicly take the two internet wires out of the main box and connect them with the same two wires from the extension cable going to your new box. The phone downstairs will still work, you wont be able to use the internet in the main box this way iirc and you will be able to plug a second phone into your new socket. Only one phone can be used at a time though, but its good for listening in on conversations *whistle*
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« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2011, 03:25:40 pm » |
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cordless phones, wireless router, am I missing something ?
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« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2011, 05:31:01 pm » |
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Cordless phones still have to have the base plugged in. Wireless routers are all when and good but crap if your pc...not laptop, dont have a wireless adapter  |
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« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2011, 06:03:21 pm » |
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Cordless phones still have to have the base plugged in. Wireless routers are all when and good but crap if your pc...not laptop, dont have a wireless adapter the adapters are cheaper than installing an extension, whats wrong with having the base plugged in ? |
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Fr34ky
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« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2011, 07:18:59 pm » |
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nothing is wrong..must have crossed wires here
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« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2011, 11:50:53 am » |
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is there a way to have the extension so i can still use internet thru both extensions via hardwire.
Example...i want to run my ps3 hardwired upstairs, and when i have finished with that i want to hardwire my pc for downloading which is downstairs.
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« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2011, 11:51:43 am » |
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Long arse cat 5 cables
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« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2011, 12:10:42 pm » |
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lol if that is the case dunny then i will purchase cat6 and get on with it lol
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« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2011, 12:43:58 pm » |
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I haven't read the full story. but you could look at Ethernet Adapters (maplin sell) which routes the connection using your mains power circuit, wired.
Its like running a huge Ethernet cable inside your walls, and they're actually very reliable, so long as you buy adapters with a bigger enough capacity for your bandwidth.
Sorry if I'm completely off, with what you wanted to do.
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