Old style BT 'boxes' - can they be swapped over?

[plugwash]

as do farnell

btw i'm sure i've seen pictures of a hardwire only bottom plate for the NTE5, but have never found anywhere selling it.

 

[Spark123]

I thought Farnell and CPC are the same company? Just CPC is more local to me.

 

[plugwash]

they are owned by the same company and seem to run on the same terrible website but thier stock ranges are quite different and i belive they dispatch from different places.

 

[Spark123]

Afaik CPC is only dispatched from Preston in this country. I believe there to also be a CPC in Ireland now.

 

[Lectrician]

as do farnell

btw i'm sure i've seen pictures of a hardwire only bottom plate for the NTE5, but have never found anywhere selling it.

I too could very often do with the plain bottom part of the NTE5a. They are available through your friendly BT guy, but never found a source elsewhere!

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Spark123 - CPC's ADSL filter plate only has filtered IDC's on the rear. I prefer the type with filtered 2'3'4'5 terminals for extension phones, and unfiltered 2'5 to run a pair elsewhere to an RJ11 outlet for the computer.

You can run the 3pair as usuall (or more pairs), and use a pair for the ADSL and 2 pair for the extensions.

In a new build, when you have no idea which socket they want the ADSL, the filtered plates are a good idea. They fit a standard 25mm backbox, and have a filtered outle for the phone, and an unfiltered RJ11. You can put them everywhere instead of normal sockets. This is when I could do with the blank NTE5 plate!