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« Last post by Simon on Apr 16, 2024, 19:18:54 »
Just a quick further update - another guy came out just now to check the cable installation, and has signed it off for the next stage.
We discussed the internal install, and I've got to buy an Ethernet faceplate and ends off Amazon, so that the engineer can convert one of my upstairs phone sockets into an Ethernet port, which will then connect to the box downstairs. I can connect the new router to the new Ethernet port and thus hopefully avoid any necessity for drilling holes.
The only issue is, I will lose the copper phone terminal for that room upstairs, but as I have two other copper phone sockets, hopefully they will both still work and it will just mean having the DECT base in another room, until I switch to VoIP.
I'm now in two minds as to whether to just go all in and swap to VoIP now, so I've asked IDNet how long it would actually take to swap over to their UBOSS service.
All of the above is dependant on a competent engineer showing up to do the internal job. Apparently, some of them are purely fibre installers and haven't worked with copper.