BT phone points in flat

[Relentless81]

Hi,

You would think the people I am buying the flat from would know about this but I havent heard back, I've never used DSL so was hoping someone on here might know.

There is a phone socket in both bedrooms but only the master bedroom says "Open reach"

Would this typically mean the other socket will just be a phone socket? I'm hoping not because want to use that as a PC room!

 

[Steve_bullockuk]

Hi,

You would think the people I am buying the flat from would know about this but I havent heard back, I've never used DSL so was hoping someone on here might know.

There is a phone socket in both bedrooms but only the master bedroom says "Open reach"

Would this typically mean the other socket will just be a phone socket? I'm hoping not because want to use that as a PC room!

It should work in both. One solution if it does not is to purchase some powerline adapters.

 

[Liquidfox]

An ADSL router will work in any phone socket as long as it's on the same phone number (More than likely in a flat), however, it should be plugged into the master "Openreach" socket for best speeds.

I've found upto a meg difference by plugging into an extension over a master socket.

 

[Relentless81]

Ok thanks for that, I'll test it when I move in, I'm going from a 50mb Virgin connection to BT DSL so its going to be grim in comparison anyway but if it works in the spare room then at least my plans for a computer room will work out also thinking about it the sockets are back to back on the same wall so hopefully they are the same connection