Plastic thing fitted to phone wire??

[paul38]

I returned home from work last week to find BT, well i assume it was BT, had done some work on our phone line. They have drilled the wall of the house and put in a new ring hook, connected the phone wire to it and also installed a black plastic thing about 6 inch long by approx 1.5" diameter. This was never there before and i've absoulty no idea what it is or for - any ideas?

Secondly, although it really dosen't matter, is it normal for BT to call at your house unannounced and start drilling the wall of the house, i would have though they should have at least informed us they were planning to do this. Theres a specific bracket on the wall for the phone wire but for some reason they have decided not to use it and put up a new hook instead.

Cheers

Paul

[Bushmaster]

Are you an islamic?

[Fezant Pluckah]

paul38 said:

installed a black plastic thing about 6 inch long by approx 1.5" diameter. This was never there before and i've absoulty no idea what it is or for - any ideas?

I would think that is a watertight connector for joining the ends of two different wires together. As for the rest, I dunno

[eightseventhree]

There onto you . . . from now on you should only talk in code . . . We can only refer to you as Pauline . .


And 6" Black plastic things. . . . are you sure this is for your phone ?

[Scotfox]

The box will just be a terminating box for joining the new external wire to the internal wiring in your house. Had you been in then they'd have ran the new wire right in to your loft or such and terminated it there. BT do occasionaly still do preventative maintenance and renew overhead wires or distribution points. They usually would contact you first where possible.

Edited by Scotfox on Tuesday 3rd February 12:38

[paul38]

eightseventhree said:

There onto you . . . from now on you should only talk in code . . . We can only refer to you as Pauline . .


That was the first thing that went through my head...


And 6" Black plastic things. . . . are you sure this is for your phone ?

Yeah, way too small for anything else.... after i wrote the message i realised i was setting myself up for that

[PhantomHumper]

Why not phone BT and ask why they started drilling holes into your house without warning instead of posting it here?

[dibbers006]

PhantomHumper said:

Why not phone BT and ask why they started drilling holes into your house without warning instead of posting it here?

Pfft...

... that is not the way of the true Pistonhead

[mickk]

paul38 said:

black plastic thing about 6 inch long by approx 1.5" diameter. This was never there before and i've absoulty no idea what it is or for - any ideas?

Paul

Ive got one aswell, havent the foggiest what its for, i expect as already mentioned some sort of joint

[Mike400]

Are they allowed to do this? I mean is it not tresspass?

[PhantomHumper]

dibbers006 said:

PhantomHumper said:

Why not phone BT and ask why they started drilling holes into your house without warning instead of posting it here?

Pfft...

... that is not the way of the true Pistonhead

I think it varies, on other threads, trespassers would be getting shot or beaten to death with a baseball bat/hockey stick/golf club/rolling pin/dildo/wooden leg/all of the above

[Neil_H]

BT own all the equipment up to and including your master socket, so they can do what they like to that, but IMHO it's quite strange not to inform you if they're doing something like drilling holes in the wall.